Stereotyped axonal arbors of retinal ganglion cell subsets in the mouse superior colliculus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1691-1711

  Hong, Y Kate ^a   Kim, In Jung ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Direction selectivity; Lamination; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; STEREOISOMERISM; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRANSFECTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79955088946     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22595     Document Type: Article

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