Developmental mechanisms of topographic map formation and alignment

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-77

  Cang, Jianhua ^a   Feldheim, David A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eph; Ephrin; Experience dependent plasticity; Retinal waves; Superior colliculus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN B1; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EPHRINS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880303833     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-062012-170341     Document Type: Review

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