A role for correlated spontaneous activity in the assembly of neural circuits

Neuron

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1129-1144

  Kirkby, Lowry A ^a   Sack, Georgeann S ^a   Firl, Alana ^a   Feller, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COCHLEAR PROJECTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; CORRELATED SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA WAVE; RETINOFUGAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 84888879648     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.030     Document Type: Review

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