Development of ocular dominance columns in the absence of retinal input

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1125-1130

  Crowley, Justin C ^a   Katz, Lawrence C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FERRET; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FERRETS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MICROSPHERES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033491306     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16051     Document Type: Article

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