Retinal ganglion cells with distinct directional preferences differ in molecular identity, structure, and central projections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7753-7762

  Kay, Jeremy N ^a   de la Huerta, Irina ^a   Kim, In Jung ^a   Zhang, Yifeng ^a   Yamagata, Masahito ^a   Chu, Monica W ^a   Meister, Markus ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 6; CELL MARKER; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 25 ALPHA1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 17; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CADHERINS; DENDRITES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES, MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79957667712     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0907-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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