Reorganization of the Intact Somatosensory Cortex Immediately after Spinal Cord Injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Humanes Valera, Desire ^a   Aguilar, Juan ^a   Foffani, Guglielmo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RAT; REINNERVATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84880764824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069655     Document Type: Article

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