Activity dependent mechanisms of visual map formation - From retinal waves to molecular regulators

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-146

  Assali, Ahlem ^a,b,c   Gaspar, Patricia ^a,b,c   Rebsam, Alexandra ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

Author keywords

Activity; Contralateral; Development; Ipsilateral; Retinocollicular; Retinogeniculate

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ENDOCANNABINOID; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN;

CELL DEATH; CONNECTOME; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GLIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84908609276     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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