A time-dependent effect of caffeine upon lesion-induced plasticity

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Cabral Miranda, F ^a   Serfaty, C A ^a   Campello Costa, P ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Caffeine; Critical period; Plasticity; Retinal lesion

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PURINERGIC P1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960921032     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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