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Reorganization of Retino-Geniculate Connections After Retinal Lesions in the Adult Cat

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Lesion-Induced Neuronal Plasticity in Sensorimotor Systems

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Abstract

Since the descriptions of reorganization in the spinal cord after dorsal root lesions (Liu and Chambers 1958; McCouch et al. 1958) various physiological and anatomical signs of lesion-induced neuronal plasticity have been observed in the central nervous system of the adult cat. (Studies in several subcortical systems are listed in Table 1.)

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Eysel, U.T., Gonzalez-Aguilar, F., Mayer, U. (1981). Reorganization of Retino-Geniculate Connections After Retinal Lesions in the Adult Cat. In: Flohr, H., Precht, W. (eds) Lesion-Induced Neuronal Plasticity in Sensorimotor Systems. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68074-8_29

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