Activity-Dependent Transcription of BDNF Enhances Visual Acuity during Development

Neuron

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-467

  Schwartz, Neil ^a   Schohl, Anne ^a   Ruthazer, Edward S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; TADPOLE; TECTUM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBAZOLES; DACTINOMYCIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPORATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; LARVA; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 79955666941     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.055     Document Type: Article

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