Article
Visual activity is required to maintain the phenotype of supragranular NPY neurons in rat area 17.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Apr 1998
Obst K, Bronzel M, Wahle P
Abstract excerpt
Visual activity governs the functional maturation of the mammalian visual cortex. We report here, that visual experience is required for stabilizing the phenotype of a subset of cortical interneurons. Neurons expressing neuropeptide Y mRNA (NPY neurons) display a transiently higher expression in...
Topics
- Animals
- Darkness
- Neurons
- Neuropeptide Y
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Sensory Deprivation
- Visual Cortex
- Visual Perception