PLASTICITY OF MYSTACIAL FUR REPRESENTATION IN SI CORTEX OF ADULT VIBRISSECTOMIZED RATS - A 2DG STUDY

Authors
SIUCINSKA E KOSSUT M
Citation
E. Siucinska et M. Kossut, PLASTICITY OF MYSTACIAL FUR REPRESENTATION IN SI CORTEX OF ADULT VIBRISSECTOMIZED RATS - A 2DG STUDY, NeuroReport, 5(13), 1994, pp. 1605-1608
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
NeuroReport → ACNP
ISSN journal
09594965
Volume
5
Issue
13
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1605 - 1608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-4965(1994)5:13<1605:POMFRI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
LOCALIZATION of cortical representation of the common fur of mystacial pads was mapped with 2-deoxyglucose autoradiography in adult rats aft er vibrissectomy. Normal representation of mystacial fur was found in locations outside the posteromedial barrel subfield (PMBSF). Vibrissec tomy performed in young adult resulted in fur inputs activating the PM BSF. This plastic change took more than two weeks and less than one mo nth to complete.