Synchronizing retinal activity in both eyes disrupts binocular map development in the optic tectum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1491-1504

  Brickley, Stephen G ^a   Dawes, Elizabeth A ^b   Keating, Michael J ^b   Grant, Simon ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated activity; Nucleus isthmi; Retinal ganglion cell; Stroboscopic illumination; Synaptic plasticity; Visual topography; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STROBOSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032519860     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01491.1998     Document Type: Article

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