Development of human visual cortex: A balance between excitatory and inhibitory plasticity mechanisms

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-221

  Murphy, Kathryn M ^a   Beston, Brett R ^a   Boley, Philip M ^a   Jones, David G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Critical period; N methyl D aspartate; Visual cortex; Visual plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17844367337     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20053     Document Type: Article

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