Architecture of the optic chiasm and the mechanisms that sculpt its development

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1393-1414

  Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; CELL CYCLE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034789698     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.4.1393     Document Type: Review

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