Learning to see: Patterned visual activity and the development of visual function

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 183-192

  Ruthazer, Edward S ^a   Aizenman, Carlos D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ADAPTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950859833     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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