Molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity in visual cortex

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1515, 2009, Pages 341-355

  Tropea, Daniela ^a   Van Wart, Audra ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Feed forward regulation; Feedback regulation; Homeostasis; Ocular dominance plasticity; Synapses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 58149234990     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0269     Document Type: Review

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