Plasticity in the developing visual system

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 122-125

  Pizzorusso, Tommaso ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029936054     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199604000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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