Behavioral and neuronal aspects of developmental sensitive periods

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-465

  Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical development; Language acquisition; Sexual imprinting; Song learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONS;

EID: 34247578169     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328014204e     Document Type: Review

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