Huang, Z. J., Di Cristo, G. (August 2008) Time to change: retina sends a messenger to promote plasticity in visual cortex. Neuron, 59 (3). pp. 355-8. ISSN 1097-4199 (Electronic)
Abstract
Maturation of GABA inhibitory circuitry in primary visual cortex activates the critical period of plasticity, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In the August 8th issue of Cell, Sugiyama et al. demonstrate that visual experience promotes the passage of a retina-derived homeoprotein along the visual pathway, which nurtures subclasses of cortical interneurons implicated in regulating critical period plasticity.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Critical Period Psychology Models Biological Neuronal Plasticity physiology Retina physiology Visual Cortex cytology physiology Visual Pathways physiology gamma-Aminobutyric Acid metabolism |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > small molecules > GABAergic organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > neural plasticity organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > visual cortex |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Huang lab |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Librarian |
| Date: | 14 August 2008 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2012 18:32 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2017 15:40 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/25802 |
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