Neuronal Plasticity Following Deafferentation
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The long term objective of this research is to understand the                   mechanisms underlying cortical plasticity in adult animals.  The                project will examine the details of reorganization of                           the forepaw representation in primary somatosensory (SI) cortex                 of cats using somatic stimulation and extracellular recording                   techniques. It will provide a quantitative description of                       receptive fields of the forepaw representation of SI cortex in                  terms of postsynaptic potentials using the intracellular                        recording technique and mechanical stimulation.  Subthreshold                   changes in the receptive field organization of SI neurons                       following reversible and irreversible deafferentation along with                the morphology of physiologically identified SI neurons in normal               and reorganized cortex following intracellular injection of HRP                 will be studied.                                                                                                                                                The results from this project will be of importance in refining                 models of neocortical plasticity in adult animals.
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