Critical period revisited: impact on vision

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Morishita, Hirofumi ^a   Hensch, Takao K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RODENTIA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 46549086820     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.05.009     Document Type: Review

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