Retinal mosaics: Pattern formation driven by local interactions between homotypic neighbors

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MAY2012, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Reese, Benjamin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MEGF10 GENE; MEGF11 GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 84863620060     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00024     Document Type: Article

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