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Mapping of the receptive fields of cells in the thalamus and cortex after section of the dorsal columns in the rat reveals evidence of functional reorganization in the central nervous system.
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WALL, P., EGGER, M. Formation of New Connexions in Adult Rat Brains after Partial Deafferentation. Nature 232, 542–545 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232542a0
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