Removing brakes on adult brain plasticity: From molecular to behavioral interventions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 14964-14971

  Bavelier, Daphne ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^b   Li, Roger W ^b   Dan, Yang ^b   Hensch, Takao K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FLUOXETINE; MYELIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78149476696     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4812-10.2010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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