Development of cortical influences on superior colliculus multisensory neurons: Effects of dark-rearing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1594-1601

  Yu, Liping ^a   Xu, Jinghong ^b   Rowland, Benjamin A ^b   Stein, Barry E ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Cat; Development; Multisensory integration; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK REARING; FEMALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DARKNESS; FEMALE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84878011106     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12182     Document Type: Article

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