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Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Visual Cortex

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Visual Development

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Work on LTP suggests a number of transmitters and second messengers that may be involved in plasticity in the hippocampus. Several of these have also been implicated in sensory-dependent plasticity in the visual cortex. We will now review the evidence in the visual cortex for this involvement. We will also review the evidence as to which of the factors might represent a difference between young animals and adults: after all, that is the crucial question in terms of understanding why young animals are plastic and adults are not.

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Daw, N.W. (1995). Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Visual Cortex. In: Visual Development. Perspectives in Vision Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6940-1_12

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