Dark rearing blocks the developmental down-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor messenger RNA expression in layers IV and V of the rat visual cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 393-403

  Capsoni, S ^a   Tongiorgi, E ^a   Cattaneo, A ^a   Domenici, L ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Dark rearing; Postnatal development; Rats; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032890310     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00250-4     Document Type: Article

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