Patterned Activity, Synaptic Convergence, and the NMDA Receptor in Developing Visual Pathways
Annual Review of NeurosciencePublished 1 March 1990
Martha Constantine‐Paton, Hollis T. Cline, E.A Debski
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Article de synthese a propos de l'existence d'une association entre la transmission par l'activation des recepteurs NMDA and les contacts explorateurs entre les neurones en developpement, pour definir une plasticite plus prononcee au niveau de certaines regions du cerveau.
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The brain's default mode network consists of discrete, bilateral and symmetrical cortical areas, in the medial and lateral parietal, medial prefrontal, and medial and lateral temporal cortices of the human, nonhuman primate, cat, and rodent brains. Its ...Read More
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