The mechanisms of plasticity in the visual system of mammals during development and adulthood: uncovering the impact of quality of vision versus binocular competition. KU Leuven
The visual cortex of mammals is immature at birth, both anatomically and physiologically, and develops gradually in the first weeks and months of postnatal life. Much of this sculpting of neuronal connections is generallu thought to occur during so-called critical periods (CP), when circuits are particularly susceptible to external sensory inputs. But in the 7-10 day-period before the CP, the pre-critical period (preCP) (and even before ...