A new form of synaptic plasticity is transiently expressed in the developing rat visual cortex: A modulatory role for visual experience and brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-173

  Sermasi, E ^a   Tropea, D ^a   Domenici, L ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity dependent development; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dark rearing; Neurotrophins; Synaptic plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; K 252A; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DARKNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032904219     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00598-3     Document Type: Article

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