Chronic NMDA receptor blockade from birth increases the sprouting capacity of ipsilateral retinocollicular axons without disrupting their early segregation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1557-1568

  Colonnese, Matthew T ^a   Constantine Paton, Martha ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Glutamate receptors; Rat; Retina; Sprouting; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035282985     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-05-01557.2001     Document Type: Article

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