New model of retinocollicular mapping predicts the mechanisms of axonal competition and explains the role of reverse molecular signaling during development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 9755-9768

  Grimbert, François ^a   Cang, Jianhua ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOCOLLICULAR MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84863700661     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6180-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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