Critical period revisited: impact on vision

@article{Morishita2008CriticalPR,
  title={Critical period revisited: impact on vision},
  author={Hirofumi Morishita and Takao K. Hensch},
  journal={Current Opinion in Neurobiology},
  year={2008},
  volume={18},
  pages={101-107}
}
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