2000
Neurotrophin-4/5 Alters Responses and Blocks the Effect of Monocular Deprivation in Cat Visual Cortex during the Critical Period
Gillespie D, Crair M, Stryker M. Neurotrophin-4/5 Alters Responses and Blocks the Effect of Monocular Deprivation in Cat Visual Cortex during the Critical Period. Journal Of Neuroscience 2000, 20: 9174-9186. PMID: 11124995, PMCID: PMC2412905, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-24-09174.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeprived eyeVisual cortexNT-4/5Monocular deprivationCritical periodIntrinsic signal optical imagingEarly postnatal lifeCat visual cortexCortical cellsNT-3Ocular dominancePostnatal lifeAlters responsesVisual stimulationCortexCorrelated activityHr exposureNeural responsesStimulus orientationEyesInfusionNeuronsDeprivationResponsePeriod
1997
Relationship between the Ocular Dominance and Orientation Maps in Visual Cortex of Monocularly Deprived Cats
Crair M, Ruthazer E, Gillespie D, Stryker M. Relationship between the Ocular Dominance and Orientation Maps in Visual Cortex of Monocularly Deprived Cats. Neuron 1997, 19: 307-318. PMID: 9292721, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80941-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical plasticityVisual cortexSame stimulus orientationSingle-unit recordingsStimulus orientationDeprived eyeIntrinsic optical signalsMonocular deprivationOcular dominanceOcular dominance mapsSelective lossOrientation tuningClosed eyesCritical periodCortexEyesNeuronsFunctional mapsBrief periodCompelling evidenceKittensOcular Dominance Peaks at Pinwheel Center Singularities of the Orientation Map in Cat Visual Cortex
Crair M, Ruthazer E, Gillespie D, Stryker M. Ocular Dominance Peaks at Pinwheel Center Singularities of the Orientation Map in Cat Visual Cortex. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1997, 77: 3381-3385. PMID: 9212282, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3381.Peer-Reviewed Original Research