The critical period for ocular dominance plasticity in the Ferret's visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 6965-6978

  Issa, Naoum P ^a   Trachtenberg, Joshua T ^a   Chapman, Barbara ^a   Zahs, Kathleen R ^a,b   Stryker, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Cortical columns; Intrinsic signal imaging; Monocular deprivation; Orientation; Pin wheel; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FERRET; HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0033566638     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-06965.1999     Document Type: Article

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