Patterned activity, synaptic convergence, and the NMDA receptor in developing visual pathways

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 129-154

  Constantine Paton, Martha ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a   Debski, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DEVELOPMENT; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; GENICULATE BODIES; LATERALITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0025275842     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.001021     Document Type: Article

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