Brn3a-expressing retinal ganglion cells project specifically to thalamocortical and collicular visual pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 11595-11604

  Quina, Lely A ^a   Pak, Winnie ^b   Lanier, Jason ^a   Banwait, Premilla ^a   Gratwick, Kevin ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Velasquez, Tomoko ^b   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^b   Goulding, Martyn ^b   Turner, Eric E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Brn3; Brn3a; Brn3b; Lateral geniculate; POU domain; Pretectum; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BRN3A; TAU PROTEIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RODENT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 30744461140     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2837-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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