title: Seeing Anew through Interneuron Transplantation.
abstract: Critical periods are developmental time windows during which neuronal connections are shaped by experience. In this issue of Neuron, Davis et al. (2015) show that transplantation of embryonic inhibitory interneurons can reactivate critical period plasticity and reverse amblyopia in the visual cortex of adult mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Jared N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Electronic address: cang@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003423:Critical Period, Psychological; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000254:growth & development*