Vision drives correlated activity without patterned spontaneous activity in developing Xenopus retina

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-546

  Demas, James A ^a,b   Payne, Hannah ^a,c   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotes; Amphibia; Retinal waves; Retinotectal projection; Spontaneous activity; Topographic maps

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; XENOPUS;

EID: 84858040049     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20880     Document Type: Article

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