Tbr2 is required to generate a neural circuit mediating the pupillary light reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5447-5453

  Sweeney, Neal T ^a   Tierney, Hannah ^a   Feldheim, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon projections; Retina; TBR2; Visual circuit

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; MELANOPSIN; NETRIN RECEPTOR UNC5D; P CADHERIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AXON PROJECTIONS; RETINA; TBR2; VISUAL CIRCUIT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CADHERINS; CALBINDIN 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PUPIL; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REFLEX; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84899490324     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0035-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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