Loss of Arc renders the visual cortex impervious to the effects of sensory experience or deprivation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-457

  McCurry, Cortina L ^a   Shepherd, Jason D ^a,b   Tropea, Daniela ^a   Wang, Kuan H ^c   Bear, Mark F ^a,b   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; AMPA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DARKNESS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950189396     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2508     Document Type: Article

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