Developmental loss of synchronous spontaneous activity in the mouse retina is independent of visual experience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2851-2860

  Demas, Jay ^a   Eglen, Stephen J ^a   Wong, Rachel O L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent development; Dark rearing; Multi electrode array; Retinal development; Retinal waves; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTRODE; HYPOTHESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

EID: 0037390365     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02851.2003     Document Type: Article

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