Precise lamination of retinal axons generates multiple parallel input pathways in the tectum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5027-5039

  Robles, Estuardo ^a,b   Filosa, Alessandro ^a,b   Baier, Herwig ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LARVA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TECTUM; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CALCIUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84874857083     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4990-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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