Transplant of Schwann cells allows normal development of the visual cortex of dark-reared rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-112

  Fagiolini, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotrophins; Plasticity; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SCHWANN CELL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORIENTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SCHWANN CELLS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031057134     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01358.x     Document Type: Article

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