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The action of neurotrophins in the development and plasticity of the visual cortex
1Scuola Normale Superiore and C.N.R., Istituto di Neurofisiologia, Pisa, Italy.
Progress in Neurobiology
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Nerve growth factor (NGF) and the other members of the NGF gene family have been extensively characterized as neurotrophic factors. Recently a modulatory action of these neurotrophic factors on synapse efficacy has emerged. The developing visual system has provided a convenient model to test the role of neurotrophins on neural plasticity in vivo.