An adult-like pattern of ocular dominance columns in striate cortex of newborn monkeys prior to visual experience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1791-1807

  Horton, Jonathan C ^a   Hocking, Davina R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical development; cytochrome oxidase patches; cytochrome oxidase stripes; macaque striate cortex; ocular dominance columns; visual experience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION;

EID: 0029915276     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01791.1996     Document Type: Article

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