Key roles of Ephs and ephrins in retinotectal topographic map formation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 227-247

  Scicolone, Gabriel ^a   Ortalli, Ana Laura ^a   Carri, Néstor Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Laboratory of Human Population Genetics   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Eph; Ephrin; Retinotectal system; Topographic map formation

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TECTUM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EPHRINS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67349092520     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.03.008     Document Type: Review

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