TABLE OF CONTENTS | AMPA | a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazoleproprionate, agonist for the glutamate receptor AMPAR |
| AMPAR | a glutamate receptor |
| BCM | Bienenstock, Cooper, and Munro Learning Rule |
| BD | Binocular Deprivation |
| BR | Binocular Recovery |
| CDF | Cumulative distribution function |
| DC | Direct Current, referring to the average (non-zero) component of a solution |
| DOG | Difference of Gaussians |
| DS | Direction Selectivity |
| HFS | High Frequency Stimulation |
| ICA | Independent Component Analysis |
| i.i.d. | Independent Identically Distributed |
| K 1 | Multiplicative form of Kurtosis |
| K 2 | Subtractive form of Kurtosis |
| LFS | Low Frequency Stimulation |
| LGN | Lateral Geniculate Nucleus |
| LTD | Long Term Depression |
| LTP | Long Term Potentiation |
| MD | Monocular Deprivation |
| MR | Monocular Rearing |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate, agonist for the glutamate receptor NMDAR |
| NMDAR | a glutamate receptor |
| NR | Normal Rearing |
| OD | Ocular Dominance |
| OR | Orientation Selectivity |
| PC | Principle Components |
| PCA | Principle Component Analysis |
| QBCM | Quadratic form of BCM |
| RF | Receptive Field |
| RS | Reverse Suture |
| S 1 | Multiplicative form of Skewness |
| S 2 | Subtractive form of Skewness |
| TTX | tetrodotoxin, a sodium channel blocker |
