Cross-modal innervation of primary visual cortex by auditory fibers in congenitally anophthalmic mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Laemle, L K ^a   Strominger, N L ^b,c   Carpenter, D O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anophthalmic mice; Auditory pathway; Cross modal innervation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOPHTHALMOS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33244493353     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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