Eph/Ephrin gradients in the retinotectal system of Rana pipiens: Developmental and adult expression patterns

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-48

  Scalia, Frank ^a   Currie, Julia R ^b   Feldheim, David A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; EphB ephrin B; Frog; Neurogenesis; Retina; Tadpole; Tectum

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A; EPHRIN B; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; LARVA; MITOSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; ANIMAL; FOREBRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; TECTUM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; EPHRINS; LARVA; PROSENCEPHALON; RANA PIPIENS; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; TECTUM MESENCEPHALI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 63449100291     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21968     Document Type: Article

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