Inhibitory plasticity underlies visual deprivation-induced loss of receptive field refinement in the adult superior colliculus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-68

  Carrasco, María M ^a   Mao, Yu Ting ^a   Balmer, Timothy S ^a   Pallas, Sarah L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Homeostatic plasticity; Retinotectal; Topographic map; Visual system development

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IONTOPHORESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRIDAZINES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650767444     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07478.x     Document Type: Article

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