Indirect pathway between the primary auditory and visual cortices through layer V pyramidal neurons in V2L in mouse and the effects of bilateral enucleation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-78

  Laramee M E ^a   Kurotani, T ^b,c   Rockland, K S ^c,d   Bronchti, G ^a   Boire, D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cortico cortical; Heteromodal; Morphology; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENUCLEATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AXONS; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EYE ENUCLEATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79959957791     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07732.x     Document Type: Article

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