Long term depression is expressed during postnatal development in rat visual cortex: A role for visual experience

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-65

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

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dark rearing; Development; Long term depression; Synaptic plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEUKOTRIENE D4; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033548417     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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