Neurotrophins and visual cortical plasticity

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-51

  Huberman, Andrew D ^a   McAllister, A Kimberley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC CELL; EYE DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036458233     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)38069-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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