The contribution of NMDA receptors to the visual response in animals that have been partially monocularly deprived

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Czepita, D ^a,b   Daw, N W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat; Contrast response curve; NMDA receptor; Synapse elimination; Visual cortex; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030597996     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00383-6     Document Type: Article

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