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Critical Period (Psychology)

 
 
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  • BDNF regulates the maturation of inhibition and the critical period of plasticity in mouse visual cortex [9].
  • In mice of all ages lacking an isoform of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) synthetic enzyme (GAD65), as well as in immature wild-type animals before the onset of their natural critical period, benzodiazepines selectively reduced a prolonged discharge phenotype to unmask plasticity [10].
  • In wg- embryos and in conditional mutants in which wg function is inactivated during a critical period between three and five hours after egg laying, early en expression begins normally but then disappears within several hours [11].
  • We report here that the selective disruption of postsynaptic activation in rat S1 by application of a glutamate receptor antagonist inhibits rearrangements in the somatotopic patterning of thalamocortical afferents induced by manipulations of the sensory periphery during the critical period [12].
  • Here we report that during the critical period in young kittens, a selective NMDA-receptor antagonist blocks visual responses of cortical neurons much more effectively than it does in the adult cat [13].
 

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  • The developmental profile of COX-2 expression in dendrites follows well known histogenetic gradients and coincides with the critical period for activity-dependent synaptic remodeling [24].
  • We describe here a novel reporter mouse line that expresses enhanced green fluorescent protein under the control of an Sf1 promoter fragment, marking Sertoli and granulosa cell precursors during the critical period of sex determination [25].
  • A critical period for nicotine-induced disruption of synaptic development in rat auditory cortex [26].
  • These data indicate that a simple delay in thyroid hormone supply during a critical period of development can lead to low beta-tectorin levels in the tectorial membrane and suggest for the first time that beta-tectorin may be required for development of normal hearing [27].
  • We suggest that these observations of a critical period until E16 (EDL) or E17 (soleus) during which innervation is an absolute prerequisite for secondary myotube formation reflect the presence of a nerve-dependent population of myoblasts which must be activated before secondary myotube formation can commence [28].
 

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  • Targeted disruption of tPA release or its upstream regulation by glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) prevented MD-induced spine loss that was pharmacologically rescued concomitant with critical period plasticity [29].
  • NT-4/5 was only effective at the onset, but no longer at the peak of the critical period suggesting a switch in neurotrophin dependency for these cortical cell classes [30].
  • Targeted expression of shibire ts and semaphorin 1a reveals critical periods for synapse formation in the giant fiber of Drosophila [31].
  • Our prior work on Reelin and APOE delineated a gene-environment interactive model of autism pathogenesis, whereby genetically vulnerable individuals prenatally exposed to OPs during critical periods in neurodevelopment could undergo altered neuronal migration, resulting in an autistic syndrome [32].
  • To determine if the lack of EGF may be a decisive factor in the initiation and/or growth of collecting duct cysts, we administered exogenous EGF (1 microgram/g body wt subcutaneously) daily for Postnatal Days 3-9 (a critical period for collecting duct maturation) to C57BL/6J-cpk mice [33].
 

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