Short-term monocular deprivation alters GABA in the adult human visual cortex.

Neuroplasticity is a fundamental property of the nervous system that is maximal early in life, within the critical period [1-3]. Resting GABAergic inhibition is necessary to trigger ocular dominance plasticity and to modulate the onset and offset of the critical period [4, 5]. GABAergic inhibition a...

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Main Authors: Lunghi, C, Emir, U, Morrone, M, Bridge, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2015