Visual cortex: overcoming a no-go for plasticity.
Normally, the brain can be shaped by sensory experience only during a so-called critical period early in life. Recent research has shed light on the factors determining the end of the critical period, and on how cortical plasticity might be re-established in adulthood.
Sengpiel
Frank
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Cardiff School of Biosciences, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK. SengpielF@cf.ac.uk
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