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Studying the Integration of Adult-born Neurons
Published on: March 25, 2011
神経科学:大人の脳の再接続
Michael B Calford1, Yuzo M Chino, Aniruddha Das
1School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales 2308, Australia.
Nature
|November 11, 2005
まとめ
この研究は,網膜損傷後の皮質の再編成がないという発見に疑問を投げかけています. 血中酸素レベル依存機能性磁気共鳴画像 (fMRI) は,神経細胞のスパイク活動の信頼性の低い測定法であり,依然として可塑性が起こる可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 視覚野研究 視覚野の研究
- プラスチック性研究 プラスチック性研究
背景:
- ニューロンの可塑性を分析するには,ニューロンのスパイク活動の正確な測定が必要です.
- 以前の研究は,損傷後の重要な皮質の可塑性を示しています.
- スミルナキス et al. 網膜の損傷後の成人初等視野皮質 (V1) の皮質の再編成は報告されていません.
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