Brain Waves and Brain Wiring: the Role of Endogenous and Sensory-Driven Neural Activity in Development

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-458

  Penn, Anna A ^a   Shatz, Carla J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

EYE DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RETINA; SENSATION; SYNAPSES; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032908112     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904010-00001     Document Type: Review

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