Receptive-field plasticity in the adult visual cortex: Dynamic signal rerouting or experience-dependent plasticity

Seminars in the Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 34-46

  Chino, Yuzo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult plasticity; Map reorganization; Receptive field; Retinal lesion; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; SCOTOMA; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030928124     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1997.0104     Document Type: Article

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