Pioneers of cortical plasticity: Six classic papers by Wiesel and Hubel

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2741-2744

  Constantine Paton, Martha ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EYE DOMINANCE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES; PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 57049183602     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00061.2008     Document Type: Editorial

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