Environmental enrichment extends ocular dominance plasticity into adulthood and protects from stroke-induced impairments of plasticity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1150-1155

  Greifzu, Franziska ^a   Pielecka Fortuna, Justyna ^a   Kalogeraki, Evgenia ^a   Krempler, Katja ^b,d   Favaro, Plinio D ^c   Schlüter, Oliver M ^c   Löwel, Siegrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIAZEPAM;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DIAZEPAM; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; IBUPROFEN; INTERNEURONS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERFUSION; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84892903683     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313385111     Document Type: Article

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