Nitric oxide in cortical map formation

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Krekelberg, Bart ^a   Taylor, John G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Neural network; Plasticity; Self organizing map

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029970016     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00147-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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