Timing of the critical period for plasticity of ocular dominance columns in macaque striate cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3684-3709

  Horton, Jonathan C ^a   Hocking, Davina R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amblyopia; critical period; cytochrome oxidase patch; flat mount; ocular dominance column; striate cortex; visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROLINE; TRITIUM;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; EYE DOMINANCE; EYELID; MACACA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030957327     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03684.1997     Document Type: Article

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