Insights into Activity-Dependent Map Formation from the Retinotectal System: A Middle-of-the-Brain Perspective

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-146

  Ruthazer, Edward S ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephrin; Ocular dominance; Retinogeniculate; Retinotectal; Thalamocortical; Topographic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EYE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 1642356297     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10344     Document Type: Review

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