Synapse maturation is enhanced in the binocular region of the retinocollicular map prior to eye opening

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3200-3216

  Furman, Moran ^a   Crair, Michael C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular competition; Monocular enucleation; Morphological development; Superior colliculus; Visual map development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ENUCLEATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE OPENING; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPSES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84861908580     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00943.2011     Document Type: Article

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