Environmental enrichment accelerates ocular dominance plasticity in mouse visual cortex whereas transfer to standard cages resulted in a rapid loss of increased plasticity
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186999
Abstract: In standard cage (SC) raised mice, experience-dependent ocular dominance (OD) plasticity in the primary visual cortex (V1) rapidly declines with age: in postnatal day 25–35 (critical period) mice, 4 days of monocular deprivation (MD) are… read more here.
Keywords: dominance plasticity; plasticity mouse; mice; ocular dominance ... See more keywords