Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) mediates the effects of enriched environment (EE) on visual cortical development.

Enriched environment (EE) has been recently shown to affect visual cortex development and plasticity, and to prevent dark rearing effects. The factors mediating EE effects on visual cortical development and plasticity are still unclear. We have investigated whether IGF-1 is involved in mediating EE...

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Main Authors: Francesca Ciucci, Elena Putignano, Laura Baroncelli, Silvia Landi, Nicoletta Berardi, Lamberto Maffei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1871611?pdf=render