Positional specificities of retinal growth cones in the mouse superior colliculus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2103-2113

  Llirbat, Béatrice ^a   Godement, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Development; Growth cone; Optic tectum; Retinotectal projection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; GROWTH CONE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; NOSE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032970039     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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