The behavior of optic axons on substrate gradients of retinal basal lamina proteins and merosin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4389-4401

  Halfter, Willi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal guidance; basal lamina; extracellular matrix; merosin; optic axons; substrate gradients

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030014477     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-14-04389.1996     Document Type: Article

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