Retinocollicular synaptogenesis and synaptic transmission during formation of the visual map in the superior colliculus of the wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3043-3050

  Flett, D L ^a   Lim, C H ^a   Ho, S M ^a   Mark, R F ^a   Marotte, L R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Electrophysiology; Optic; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MACROPODIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANOGENESIS; QUINOXALINES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33745075281     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04831.x     Document Type: Article

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