The development of topography in the hamster geniculo-cortical projection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5766-5776

  Krug, Kristine ^a   Smith, Adam L ^a   Thompson, Lan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cortical maps; Geniculocortical; Hamster terminal retraction; Map formation; Retrograde tracing; Rodent; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DEATH; HAMSTER; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032146733     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05766.1998     Document Type: Article

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