An early phase of instructive plasticity before the typical onset of sensory experience

Brain circuits exhibit different amounts of plasticity over different developmental stages. Here authors show that there is a transition of the influence of spatiotemporal patterns, from instructive to permissive, around the time of the onset of visual experience.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arani Roy, Shen Wang, Benyamin Meschede-Krasa, Jordan Breffle, Stephen D. Van Hooser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13872-1
Description
Summary:Brain circuits exhibit different amounts of plasticity over different developmental stages. Here authors show that there is a transition of the influence of spatiotemporal patterns, from instructive to permissive, around the time of the onset of visual experience.
ISSN:2041-1723