Activity-regulated cell death contributes to the formation of ON and OFF ganglion cell mosaics

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-343

  Jeyarasasingam, Gayathri ^a,c   Snider, Cara J ^a   Ratto, G M ^b   Chalupa, Leo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c PARKINSON S INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Development; Mosaic patterns; Retinal ganglion cells; Sodium voltage gated activity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032507805     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980511)394:3<335::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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