Valproate reopens critical-period learning of absolute pitch

Absolute pitch, the ability to identify or produce the pitch of a sound without a reference point, has a critical period, i.e., it can only be acquired early in life. However, research has shown that histone-deacetylase inhibitors (HDAC inhibitors) enable adult mice to establish perceptual preferenc...

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Main Authors: Gervain, Judit, Vines, Bradley W., Chen, Lawrence M., Seo, Rubo J., Hensch, Takao K., Werker, Janet F., Young, Allan H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848041/