Evidence for an instructive role of retinal activity in retinotopic map refinement in the superior colliculus of the mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 6929-6938

  Chandrasekaran, Anand R ^a   Plas, Daniel T ^a   Gonzalez, Ernesto ^a   Crair, Michael C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; BMP; In vivo physiology; Retinal waves; Retinotopy; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

EPIBATIDINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINOTOPIC MAP; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRAIN MAPPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHENOTYPE; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 22544436064     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1470-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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