Topographic plasticity in primary visual cortex is mediated by local corticocortical connections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 6434-6442

  Calford, Mike B ^a,b,c   Wright, Layne L ^a   Metha, Andrew B ^a,d   Taglianetti, Vivian ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult brain plasticity; Area 17; Cortical reorganization; Ectopic receptive fields; Horizontal connections; Retinal lesion

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; KAINIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA INJURY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0038066043     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-16-06434.2003     Document Type: Article

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