Developmental plasticity of mouse visual acuity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Prusky, Glen T ^a   Douglas, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Critical period; Deprivation; Hebb; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037232411     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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