Transplant of polymer-encapsulated cells genetically engineered to release nerve growth factor allows a normal functional development of the visual cortex in dark-reared rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Pizzorusso, T ^a   Porciatti, V ^b   Tseng, J L ^c   Aebischer, P ^c   Maffei, L ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical period; Development; Neurotrophin; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAMSTER; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030765497     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00182-6     Document Type: Letter

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