EphA signaling impacts development of topographic connectivity in auditory corticofugal systems

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 775-785

  Torii, Masaaki ^a,b   Hackett, Troy A ^c   Rakic, Pasko ^a   Levitt, Pat ^b   Polley, Daniel B ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

axon guidance; corticofugal; Eph; feedback; top down

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENICULATE BODIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR, EPHA7; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84875191222     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs066     Document Type: Article

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