scholarly journals Nerve growth factor (NGF) prevents the shift in ocular dominance distribution of visual cortical neurons in monocularly deprived rats

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4651-4662 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Maffei ◽  
N Berardi ◽  
L Domenici ◽  
V Parisi ◽  
T Pizzorusso
1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1093-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Domenici ◽  
Gigliola Fontanesi ◽  
Antonio Cattaneo ◽  
Paola Bagnoli ◽  
Lamberto Maffei

AbstractRecent investigations have shown that cortical nerve growth factor (NGF) infusions during the critical period inhibit ocular-dominance plasticity in the binocular portion of the rat visual cortex. The mechanisms underlying the effects of NGF on visual cortical plasticity are still unclear. To investigate whether during normal development intracortical and/or extracortical cells possess uptake/transport mechanisms for the neurotrophin, we injected 125I-NGF into the occipital cortex of rats at different postnatal ages. Within the cortex, only a few labelled cells were observed. These cells were confined to the vicinity of the injection site and their number depended on the animal's age at the time of injection. Labelled cells were absent at postnatal day (PD) 10 but could be detected between PD 14 and PD 18. They then decreased in number over the following period and were not detected in adult animals. Outside the cortex, neurons of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) were not observed to take up and retrogradely transport NGF at any age after birth. In contrast, retrogradely labelled neurons were found in the basal forebrain. Labelled cells were first observed here at PD 14 and then increased in number until reaching the adult pattern. Our results show that intrinsic and extrinsic neurons are labelled following intracortical injections of iodinated NGF. In both neuronal populations, the uptake and transport of NGF is present over a period corresponding to the critical period for visual cortical plasticity. These findings suggest that NGF may play a role, both intra and extracortically, in plasticity phenomena.


1994 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Shun Shimohama ◽  
Yutaka Tamura ◽  
Akinori Akaike ◽  
Tetsuys Tsukahara ◽  
Jun Kimura

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahita Rahmani ◽  
Alireza Shoae-Hassani ◽  
Peyman Keyhanvar ◽  
Danial Kheradmand ◽  
Amir Darbandi-Azar

1993 ◽  
Vol 632 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 296-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Shimohama ◽  
Nobuo Ogawa ◽  
Yutaka Tamura ◽  
Akinori Akaike ◽  
Tetsuya Tsukahara ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 898 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Brandt ◽  
Lynn Churchill ◽  
Zhiwei Guan ◽  
Jidong Fang ◽  
Lichao Chen ◽  
...  

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