Abstract
Visual cortical neurons acquire their functional identity through a number of developmental events, particularly those occurring postnatally, when the animal starts to explore its outside environment. Once the integrative properties of neurons are expressed, do they process incoming signals in the same way throughout life, or can they be considered as adaptive devices capable of modifying their functional properties? This chapter will discuss the importance of activity dependent processes involved in functional plasticity, and the determination of the learning capacities of cells in the primary visual cortex of developing and adult mammals.
This chapter to be cited as: Shulz, D., and Frégnac, Y., 1990, Theoretical approaches and cellular analogs of functional plasticity in the developing and adult vertebrate visual cortex, in: “Systems Approaches to Developmental Neurobiology,” P. A. Raymond, S. S. Easter, Jr., and G. M. Innocenti, eds., Plenum Press, New York.
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Shulz, D., Frégnac, Y. (1990). Theoretical Approaches and Cellular Analogs of Functional Plasticity in the Developing and Adult Vertebrate Visual Cortex. In: Raymond, P.A., Easter, S.S., Innocenti, G.M. (eds) Systems Approaches to Developmental Neurobiology. NATO ASI Series, vol 192. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7281-3_15
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