Effects of nerve growth factor on visual cortical plasticity require afferent electrical activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2979-2984

  Caleo, Matteo ^a,c   Lodovichi, Claudia ^b   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monocular deprivation; Rat; Tetrodotoxin; Trk receptors; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EYE DOMINANCE; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032840993     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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