Early midline interactions are important in mouse optic chiasm formation but are not critical in man: A significant distinction between man and mouse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3034-3042

  Neveu, Magella M ^a,b   Holder, Graham E ^b   Ragge, Nicola K ^b,c   Sloper, John J ^b   Collin, J Richard O ^b   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albino; Anophthalmia; Optic chiasm; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC CHIASM; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBINISM; ANOPHTHALMOS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SILVER STAINING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745067190     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04827.x     Document Type: Article

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