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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2009

Molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity in visual cortex.

Daniela Tropea, Audra Van Wart, Mriganka Sur

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela TropeaPicower Institute for Learning and Memory and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Audra Van Wart
Mriganka Sur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USGoogle (United States) · US

Funding

Mentorship and Development Program for Biomedical TraineesDP7OD018428 · OD · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI FRIEDLANDER, MICHAEL J · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
NIH HHS DP7 OD018428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A remarkable amount of our current knowledge of mechanisms underlying experience-dependent plasticity during cortical development comes from study of the mammalian visual cortex. Recent advances in high-resolution cellular imaging, combined with genetic manipulations in mice, novel fluorescent recombinant probes, and large-scale screens of gene expression, have revealed multiple molecular mechanisms that underlie structural and functional plasticity in visual cortex. We situate these mechanisms in the context of a new conceptual framework of feed-forward and feedback regulation for understanding how neurons of the visual cortex reorganize their connections in response to changes in sensory inputs. Such conceptual advances have important implications for understanding not only normal development but also pathological conditions that afflict the central nervous system.

Indexed as

Models, NeurologicalAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCalcium SignalingDominance, OcularHomeostasisHumansMiceNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, GlutamateSensationSignal TransductionVisual CortexBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorReceptors, Glutamate

Identifiers

PMID18977729
PMCPMC2674480
OpenAlexW2068524622

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