Cortical development: Binocular plasticity turned outside-in

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages

  Thompson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034193320     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00464-4     Document Type: Review

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