Visual acuity development and plasticity in the absence of sensory experience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 17789-17796

  Kang, Erin ^a,b   Durand, Severine ^a,b   LeBlanc, Jocelyn J ^a,b   Hensch, Takao K ^a,b   Chen, Chinfei ^a,b   Fagiolini, Michela ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MATURATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84887036063     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1500-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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