Bidirectional ocular dominance plasticity of inhibitory networks: recent advances and unresolved questions

Monocular visual deprivation (MD) produces profound changes in the ocular dominance (OD) of neurons in the visual cortex. MD shifts visually evoked responses away from the deprived eye and toward domination by the open-eye. Over 30 years ago, two different theories were proposed to account for these...

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Main Authors: Smith, Gordon B. (Contributor), Bear, Mark (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2011-07-13T18:42:58Z.
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