Substitution of natural sensory input by artificial neurostimulation of an amputated trigeminal nerve does not prevent the degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic circuits projecting to the somatosensory cortex.

Front Cell Neurosci

Neurocomputing and Neurorobotics Research Group, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain ; Biomathematics Department, Faculty of Biology and Faculty of Optics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain ; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid, Spain ; Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, USA.

Published: December 2014