Patchy distribution of NMDAR1 receptors in developing kitten visual cortex

Purpose: During development there is a progressive elaboration and refinement of the various features that become organized into the columnar systems of the adult visual cortex. The columnar organization of several of these features, in particular the ocular dominance columns, is dependent on experiential activity in conjunction with NMDA-mediated plasticity mechanisms. Recent experiments have found that a variety of anatomical markers are …