A role for nitric oxide in the development of the ferret retinogeniculate projection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7995-8004

  Cramer, Karina S ^a   Angelucci, Alessandra ^a   Hahm, Jong On ^b   Bogdanov, Mikhail B ^c   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusible messenger; eye specific layers; lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN); neuronal activity; ON OFF sublaminae; pattern formation; visual system

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERRET; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 0029834925     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-07995.1996     Document Type: Article

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