Neonatal Alcohol Exposure Induces Long-Lasting Impairment of Visual Cortical Plasticity in Ferrets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 10002-10012

  Medina, Alexandre E ^a   Krahe, Thomas E ^a   Coppola, David M ^b,c   Ramoa, Ary S ^a,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ferret; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Monocular deprivation; Neocortex development; Ocular dominance plasticity; Optical imaging; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; IMAGING; MONOCULAR VISION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0242610907     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-31-10002.2003     Document Type: Article

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