The role of neuronal death during the development of topographically ordered projections: A computational approach

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-247

  Posada, Andrés ^a   Clarke, Peter G H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b IBCM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 0033192938     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050559     Document Type: Article

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