A role for ephrin-As in maintaining topographic organization in register across interconnected central visual pathways

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 613-622

  Wilks, Tenelle A ^a   Rodger, Jennifer ^a   Harvey, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Circuitry; Topography; Visual cortex; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A1; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN AS; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; LABELING INDEX; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A5; GENICULATE BODIES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 76949099607     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07111.x     Document Type: Article

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