Strabismus disrupts binocular synaptic integration in primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 17108-17122

  Scholl, Benjamin ^a   Tan, Andrew Y Y ^a   Priebe, Nicholas J ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STRABISMUS; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXOTROPIA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84886921772     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1831-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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