Brief dark exposure restored ocular dominance plasticity in aging mice and after a cortical stroke

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Stodieck, Sophia Katharina ^a   Greifzu, Franziska ^a   Goetze, Bianka ^a   Schmidt, Karl Friedrich ^a   Löwel, Siegrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Dark exposure; Intracortical inhibition; Monocular deprivation; Ocular dominance plasticity; Optical imaging; Photothrombosis; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 84949115915     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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