A neural field model of the somatosensory cortex: formation, maintenance and reorganization of ordered topographic maps.

We investigate the formation and maintenance of ordered topographic maps in the primary somatosensory cortex as well as the reorganization of representations after sensory deprivation or cortical lesion. We consider both the critical period (postnatal) where representations are shaped and the post-c...

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Main Authors: Georgios Is Detorakis, Nicolas P Rougier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3395710?pdf=render