Immediate early gene expression in cat visual cortex during and after the critical period: Differences between EGR-1 and Fos proteins

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Kaplan, Irina V ^a   Guo, Yihe ^a   Mower, George D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Krox 24; Plasticity; Proto oncogene; Visual development; Zif 268

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030059274     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00228-K     Document Type: Article

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