Friday, April 29, 2005

12 noon

Redwood Neuroscience Institute

 

Title "Neural Activity and the Development of the Cortex”

 

Michael Stryker

Development and Plasticity of the Central Visual System

Program in Biological Sciences

University of California at San Francisco

 

Abstract:

I will review the evidence suggesting a role for neural activity in the

development of cortical maps and columns and discuss two recent

experiments that should be considered in a models of the process.