Astrocytes close the critical period for visual plasticity
Jérôme Ribot, Rachel Breton, Charles‐Félix Calvo, Julien Moulard, Pascal Ezan, Jonathan Zapata, Kevin Samama, Alexis‐Pierre Bemelmans, Valentin Sabatet, Florent Dingli, Damarys Loew, Chantal Milleret, Pierre Billuart, Glenn M. Dallérac, Nathalie Rouach
This study identifies astrocytes as key regulators of critical period closure in the mouse visual cortex through connexin 30-mediated inhibition of MMP9.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience