Functional postnatal development of the rat primary visual cortex and the role of visual experience: Dark rearing and monocular deprivation

1994/03/01 by Michela Fagiolini, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Nicoletta Berardi +2 · 659 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Medicine #Monocular #Monocular deprivation #Neuroscience #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Ocular dominance #Ophthalmology #Optics #Period (music) #Physics #Psychology #Receptive field #Retinal Development and Disorders #Sensory deprivation #Sensory system #Visual acuity #Visual cortex #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Visual system

paper · doi:10.1016/0042-6989(94)90210-0

published in Vision Research 34(6), 709-720 (Elsevier BV)

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