title: Rapid dynamic changes in adult cerebral cortex.
abstract: While the plasticity of cortical connections has long been known to be a property of developing cortex, a new view of cortical function reveals a substantial degree of mutability of receptive field properties and cortical topography. The most recent studies show that the dynamic properties of cortex can be observed over a time scale of minutes.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology