The role of retinal waves and synaptic normalization in retinogeniculate development

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1382, 1999, Pages 497-506

  Eglen, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Projection columns; Retinal waves; Retinogeniculate development; Synaptic normalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0033611660     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0400     Document Type: Article

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