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The cerebral cortex is supposed to be heavily involved in learning processes and has, therefore, been the object of many deprivation studies. However, even the study of the normal, not artifically perturbed brain during and after development may contribute to the question of anatomic traces of plasticity. The advantage of this alternative approach is that it is not necessary to expose animals to an artificial situation in which it may be difficult to distinguish between direct effects of learning and more indirect effects connected with the general condition of the animal. Here I summarize the results we have collected in recent years.
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Schüz, A. (1988). Some Conclusions Relevant to Plasticity Derived from Normal Anatomy. In: Woody, C.D., Alkon, D.L., McGaugh, J.L. (eds) Cellular Mechanisms of Conditioning and Behavioral Plasticity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9610-0_26
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