Dendritic development of retinal ganglion cells after prenatal intracranial infusion of tetrodotoxin

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-788

  Campbell, Gregor ^a   Ramoa, Ary S ^b   Stryker, Michael P ^c   Shatz, Carla J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent development; Cat; Dendritic development; Environmental cues; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031194141     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012724     Document Type: Article

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