Immediate early gene expression in the visual cortex of normal and dark reared cats: Differences between fos and egr-1

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Mower, George D ^a   Kaplan, Irina V ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Neuronal plasticity; Visual development; zif268

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DARK ADAPTATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037200814     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00405-9     Document Type: Article

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