Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system.
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Purves, D; Riddle, DR; White, LE; Gutierrez-Ospina, G
Published in: Curr Opin Neurobiol
February 1994
Present thinking about the role of neural activity in the developing brain is based largely upon observations in the visual system. Attempts to generalize these findings in the somatic sensory system, however, have yielded perplexing results. Unlike the visual system, recent evidence suggests that activity plays a relatively minor role in establishing structural patterns in the primary somatic sensory cortex. Activity levels in the primary somatic sensory cortex are nonetheless highest in those regions that grow most during postnatal development, implying that activity promotes differential cortical growth.
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Curr Opin Neurobiol
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0959-4388
Publication Date
February 1994
Volume
4
Issue
1
Start / End Page
120 / 123
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Somatosensory Cortex
- Ocular Physiological Phenomena
- Neurons
- Functional Laterality
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1109 Neurosciences
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Purves, D., Riddle, D. R., White, L. E., & Gutierrez-Ospina, G. (1994). Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 4(1), 120–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-4388(94)90041-8
Purves, D., D. R. Riddle, L. E. White, and G. Gutierrez-Ospina. “Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 4, no. 1 (February 1994): 120–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-4388(94)90041-8.
Purves D, Riddle DR, White LE, Gutierrez-Ospina G. Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1994 Feb;4(1):120–3.
Purves, D., et al. “Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system.” Curr Opin Neurobiol, vol. 4, no. 1, Feb. 1994, pp. 120–23. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0959-4388(94)90041-8.
Purves D, Riddle DR, White LE, Gutierrez-Ospina G. Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1994 Feb;4(1):120–123.
Published In
Curr Opin Neurobiol
DOI
ISSN
0959-4388
Publication Date
February 1994
Volume
4
Issue
1
Start / End Page
120 / 123
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Somatosensory Cortex
- Ocular Physiological Phenomena
- Neurons
- Functional Laterality
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1109 Neurosciences