Chiasm formation in man is fundamentally different from that in the mouse

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1264-1270

  Neveu, M M ^a,b   Jeffery, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANOPHTHALMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; RODENT;

EID: 35148839014     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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