Synaptic laminae in the visual system: Molecular mechanisms forming layers of perception

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 385-416

  Baier, Herwig ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cadherin; immunoglobulin superfamily; retina; semaphorin; Slit Robo; tectum

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NETRIN; SEMAPHORIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN;

DENDRITE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETINA; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; RETINA; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885700226     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155748     Document Type: Review

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