From visual experience to visual function: Roles of neurotrophins

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Berardi, Nicoletta ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^a  

^a Ist Neurofisiol CNR Sc Normale S   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Development; Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators; Neurotrophins; Rat visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032852251     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199910)41:1<119::AID-NEU15>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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