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Zhang, L.I., Tao, H.-z.W., Holt, C.E., Harris, W.A. and Poo, M.-m. A critical window for cooperation and competition among developing retinotectal synapses. Nature (leading article) 395, 37-44 (1998).

Tao, H.-z.W., Zhang, L.I., Bi, G.-q. and Poo, M.-m. Selective presynaptic propagation of LTP in defined neural networks. J. Neurosci. 20, 3233-43 (2000).

Zhang, L.I., Tao, H.-z.W., and Poo, M.-m. Visual input induces long-term potentiation of developing retinotectal synapses. Nature Neurosci. 3, 708-15 (2000).

Tao, H.W., Zhang, L.I., Engert, F. and Poo M. Emergence of input specificity of LTP during development of retinotectal connections in vivo. Neuron 31, 569-80 (2001).

Zhang, L.I., Bao, S. and Merzenich, M.M. Persistent and specific influences of early acoustic environments on primary auditory cortex. Nature Neurosci. 4, 1123-30 (2001).

Zhang, L.I. and Poo, M.-m. Electrical activity and development of neural circuits. Nature Neurosci. Suppl:1207-14 (2001). (review)

Engert, F., Tao, H.W., Zhang, L.I. and Poo, M.-m. Moving visual stimuli induce direction-sensitive responses of developing tectal neurons. Nature 419, 470-475 (2002).

Zhang, L.I., Bao, S. and Merzenich, M.M. Disruption of primary auditory cortex by synchronous auditory inputs during a critical period. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99, 2309-14 (2002).

Bao, S., Chan, V.T., Zhang, L.I. and Merzenich, M.M. Suppression of Cortical Representation through Backward Conditioning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 100, 1405-8 (2003).

Zhang, L.I., Tan, A.Y.Y., Schreiner, C.E. and Merzenich, M.M. Topography and synaptic shaping of direction selectivity in auditory cortex. Nature 424, 201-5 (2003).

Tan, A.Y.Y., Zhang, L.I., Merzenich, M.M. and Schreiner, C.E. Tone-evoked excitatory and inhibitory synaptic conductances of primary auditory cortex neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 92, 630-43 (2004).

Nakahara, H., Zhang, L.I. and Merzenich, M.M. Specialization of primary auditory cortex processing by sound exposure in the critical period. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101, 7170-4 (2004).

Wu, G.K., Li, P., Tao, H.W. and Zhang, L.I. Nonmonotonic synaptic excitation and imbalanced inhibition underlying cortical intensity tuning. Neuron 52, 705-715 (2006).

Liu, Y., Zhang, L.I. and Tao H.W., Heterosynaptic Scaling of Developing GABAergic Synapses: Dependence on Glutamatergic Input and Developmental Stage.
J. Neurosci. 27, 5301-12 (2007).

Liu, B-h., Wu, G.K., Arbuckle R., Tao H.W. and Zhang, L.I. Defining cortical frequency tuning with recurrent excitatory circuitry. Nature Neurosci. 10, 1594-1600 (2007).

Wu GK, Arbuckle R, Liu BH, Tao HW and Zhang LI, Lateral Sharpening of Cortical Frequency Tuning by Approximately Balanced Inhibition. Neuron 58, 132-143 (2008)

Wang SZ, Liu BH, Tao HW, Xia K, and Zhang LI, A genetic strategy for stochastic gene activation with regulated sparseness (STARS). PLoS ONE 4(1):e4200 (2009).

Liu BH, Li P, Li YT, Sun YJ, Yanagawa Y, Obata K, Zhang LI, Tao HW. Visual receptive field structure of cortical inhibitory neurons revealed by two-photon imaging guided recording. J Neurosci. 29:10520-32 (2009).

Wang SZ, Tao HW History Matters: Illuminating Metaplasticity in the Developing Brain. Neuron 64(2), 155-157 (2009).