A precritical period for plasticity in visual cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Feller, Marla B ^a   Scanziani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

EYE DOMINANCE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 13844266072     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.01.012     Document Type: Review

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