Establishment of patterned thalamocortical connections does not require nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8826-8838

  Finney, Eva M ^a,b   Shatz, Carla J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Knock out; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitroarginine; Ocular dominance columns; Synaptic plasticity; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; FERRET; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032212149     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08826.1998     Document Type: Article

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