Computational Modeling of Retinotopic Map Development to Define Contributions of EphA-EphrinA Gradients, Axon-Axon Interactions, and Patterned Activity

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-113

  Yates, Paul A ^a,b   Holub, Alex D ^a,c   McLaughlin, Todd ^a   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon arborization; Axon branching; Axon competition; Axon elimination; Axon guidance; Axon repellents; Bidirectional signaling; EphrinA knockout mice; Is12 EphA3 knockin mice; Retinotectal projection; Topographic mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CHICKEN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PATTERN GENERATOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 1642267005     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10341     Document Type: Article

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