Blockade of afferent impulse activity disrupts on/off sublamination in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Cramer, Karina S ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; pattern formation; retinal ganglion cell; retinogeniculate; spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FERRET; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE; FERRETS; GENICULATE BODIES; MICROINJECTIONS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TETRODOTOXIN; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031579413     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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