Visuospatial information in the retinotectal system of xenopus before correct image formation by the developing eye

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-519

  Richards, Blake A ^a   Van Rheede, Joram J ^a   Akerman, Colin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Emmetropization; Retinotectal pathway; Visual information; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMMETROPIA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HYPERMETROPIA; IMAGE DISPLAY; INNERVATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; TECTUM; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EYE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84858051807     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20943     Document Type: Article

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