Topographic reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in adult monkeys following restricted deafferentation.

By M. M. Merzenich, Jon H. Kaas, J. T. Wall, R. Nelson, Mriganka Sur, D. Felleman. 1983

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The use of visual feedback, in particular mirror visual feedback, in restoring brain function. (2009, background): “…had its early beginnings in the work of the late Patrick Wall, and evidence for the 'new' view of brain function was marshaled by a number of groups, most notably by Merzenich et al. (1983), Bach-y-Rita et al. (1969), Fred Gage (Suhonen et al., 1996) and Alvaro Pasqua Leone (Kauffman et al., 2002).”
To recognize shapes, first learn to generate images. (2007, background): “equivalent of using hand-coded features is to assume that the receptive fields of feature detectors are specified innately – a view that is increasingly untenable (Merzenich et al., 1983; Sharma et al., 2000; Karni et al., 1994).”
Motor imagery and action observation: cognitive tools for rehabilitation (2007, background): “In a landmark experiment Merzenich et al. (1983) showed that if a body part becomes less active, (e.”
Functional reorganization of primary somatosensory cortex in adult owl monkeys after behaviorally controlled tactile stimulation. (1990, background): “We have suggested that the alterations of the mapped distributions of effective excitatory sensory inputs after these surgical manipulations provide strong evidence that cortical representational maps in adults are “use dependent” (Clark et al. 1988; Jenkins et al. 1987, 1990; Merzenith et al. 1983a”
Essentials of the self-organizing map (2013, background): “Studies of brain maps that are strongly modified by experiences have been reported especially by Merzenich et al. (1983).”
Neural Darwinism: selection and reentrant signaling in higher brain function. (1993, background): “Not only are the majority of anatomical connections not functionally expressed at anyone time, but there are major fluctuations in the physiologically detected boundaries of the neural territories and maps to which these connections contribute (Merzenich et al., 1983).”