Functional Reorganization in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex of Rat Following Hind-Paw Amputation: A Study of Functional Imaging with 1.5 Tesla MRI

Eksi M. S., Ozcan Eksi E. E., Arslanhan A., Sirinoglu H., Erbil S., Gungor A., ...More

TURKISH NEUROSURGERY, vol.30, no.1, pp.17-22, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.25595-18.2
  • Journal Name: TURKISH NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.17-22
  • Keywords: Amputation, Somatosensory cortex, Plasticity, Functional imaging, LAYER-IV, VIBRISSAL INFORMATION, RECEPTIVE-FIELDS, OCULAR DOMINANCE, LIMB AMPUTATION, BARREL SUBFIELD, DIGIT, ORGANIZATION, STIMULATION, FOREPAW
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

AIM: To learn how rat primary somatosensory cortex (pSSC) responses to the loss of inputs from hind-paw, using fMRI of an inferior magnetic power (1.5 Tesla) with special designed high-powered rat coil.