Treating the aging brain: Cortical reorganization and behavior

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 93, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Dinse, H R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortical maps; Degeneration; enriched environment; nimodipine; plasticity; rats; reorganization; sensorimotor performance; training; walking behavior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS;

EID: 85052610269     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-27577-0_12     Document Type: Review

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