Alignment of multimodal sensory input in the superior colliculus through a gradient-matching mechanism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5264-5271

  Triplett, Jason W ^a   Phan, An ^a   Yamada, Jena ^a   Feldheim, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; EPHRINS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTOR CORTEX; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84859524904     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0240-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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