Influence of spontaneous activity and visual experience on developing retinal receptive fields

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1503-1508

  Sernagor, Evelyne ^a   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a  

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EID: 0030294476     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(96)00755-5     Document Type: Article

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