Activity-dependent structural changes during neuronal development.
Activity during the early postnatal period can have a pronounced effect on the structure of neurons in the central nervous system. Recent studies in the cat visual system and in the vertebrate and invertebrate neuromuscular system, have provided new insights into the cellular and molecular features of this process.
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Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
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D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*