Retinofugal projections following early lesions of the visual cortex in the ferret

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1713-1719

  Restrepo, C Ernesto ^a   Manger, Paul R ^a   Innocenti, Giorgio M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Neuronal death; Thalamus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FERRETS; GENICULATE BODIES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036433515     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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