Reorganization in the visual cortex after retinal and cortical damage

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 153-164

  Eysel, Ulf T ^a   Schweigart, Georg ^a   Mittmann, Thomas ^a   Eyding, Dirk ^a   Qu, Ying ^b   Vandesande, Frans ^b   Orban, Guy ^b   Arckens, Lutgarde ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Lesion; LTP; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA INJURY; SCOTOMA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0033459512     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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