Competition in the development of nerve connections: A review of models

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Van Ooyen, Arjen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0042909008     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-898X/12/1/201     Document Type: Review

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