Neurotrophins and activity-dependent development of the neocortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Bonhoeffer, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029974547     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80017-1     Document Type: Article

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