Synaptic density in geniculocortical afferents remains constant after monocular deprivation in the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 10829-10842

  Silver, Michael A ^a   Stryker, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Monocular deprivation; Ocular dominance plasticity; Presynaptic terminal; Primary visual cortex; Synaptic vesicle protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EYE DOMINANCE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033573517     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-24-10829.1999     Document Type: Article

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