Neuroplasticity of the Sensorimotor Cortex during Learning
Joint Authors
Song, Weiguo
Francis, Joseph Thachil
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We will discuss some of the current issues in understanding plasticity in the sensorimotor (SM) cortices on the behavioral, neurophysiological, and synaptic levels.
We will focus our paper on reaching and grasping movements in the rat.
In addition, we will discuss our preliminary work utilizing inhibition of protein kinase Mζ (PKMζ), which has recently been shown necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of long-term potentiation (LTP) (Ling et al., 2002).
With this new knowledge and inhibitors to this system, as well as the ability to overexpress this system, we can start to directly modulate LTP and determine its influence on behavior as well as network level processing dependent at least in part due to this form of LTP.
We will also briefly introduce the use of brain machine interface (BMI) paradigms to ask questions about sensorimotor plasticity and discuss current analysis techniques that may help in our understanding of neuroplasticity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Francis, Joseph Thachil& Song, Weiguo. 2011. Neuroplasticity of the Sensorimotor Cortex during Learning. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Francis, Joseph Thachil& Song, Weiguo. Neuroplasticity of the Sensorimotor Cortex during Learning. Neural Plasticity No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Francis, Joseph Thachil& Song, Weiguo. Neuroplasticity of the Sensorimotor Cortex during Learning. Neural Plasticity. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462483
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-462483