Plasticity in the visual system: Role of neurotrophins and electrical activity

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-346

  Maffei, L ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MONOCULAR VISION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EYE DOMINANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; HUMAN; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992984     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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