Roger Sperry and his chemoaffinity hypothesis

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 957-980

  Meyer, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Plasticity; Retina; Specificity; Tectum

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031738044     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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