The development of abnormal axon trajectories after rotation of one eye in Xenopus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4189-4197

  Guo, Yujin ^a,b   Udin, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent synaptic modification; Arbors; Axon trajectories; Development; Nucleus isthmi; Optic rectum; Unilateral eye rotation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034213633     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-04189.2000     Document Type: Article

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