The role of visual experience in the development of columns in cat visual cortex

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5350, 1998, Pages 566-570

  Crair, Michael C ^a,b   Gillespie, Deda C ^a   Stryker, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SELECTION; EYE DOMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032559335     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5350.566     Document Type: Article

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44. Supported by NIH grants EY09760 and EY02874 and an NIH postdoctoral fellowship (M.C.C.), and equipment provided by the Hellman fund. Thanks to J. Horton and S. Lisberger for useful comments on the manuscript and to all the members of our lab for helpful discussions and comments. Special thanks to E. Ruthazer for help with early experiments and comments on the manuscript.