Gernot S Doetsch wrote:
>> Much has recently been written about the plasticity of adult
>brains. Following peripheral denervation or sensorimotor training,
>significant changes can occur in the response properties of cortical
> neurons and the details of somatosensory and motor cortical maps. Do
> such physiological changes mean that the sensory or motor function of
> the affected neurons has changed accordingly? Can the "behavioral
>function" of adult mammalian neurons ever change? If so, under what
>circumstances?
I've read of neurons in the visual system becoming responsive to auditory
stimuli after denervation or sensory deprivation...details escape me. Something
like synesthesia perhaps. Does this count as a change in sensory function?
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Brian Scott | Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program
brians at interlog.com | University of Toronto, Canada
