Do Visual Circuits Mature Without Visual Stimuli?

The mammalian neocortex is intricately and nonrandomly wired. Sophisticated neocortical circuits are essential for the emergence of complex brain functions. Recently, independent groups have asked whether the converse is also true; that is, does the function of cortical neurons drive their

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2014-11-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3857-14.2014PMID 25429125PMCID PMC4244459
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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