Critical period for the monocular deprivation effect in rats: Assessment with sweep visually evoked potentials

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Guire, Eric S ^a   Lickey, Marvin E ^a   Gordon, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYELID CLOSURE; GRATING; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033029497     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.121     Document Type: Article

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