DEVELOPMENT OF THE RATS UNCROSSED RETINOTECTAL PATHWAY AND ITS RELATION TO PLASTICITY STUDIES

被引:359
作者
LAND, PW [1 ]
LUND, RD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT BIOL STRUCT,SEATTLE,WA 98195
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10.1126/science.462177
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In the normal newborn rat the retinotectal pathway from each eye distributes across the whole area of both the ipsilateral and contralateral superior colliculus. Most of the ipsilateral projection retracts during the first ten postnatal days to produce the normal adult pattern, but retraction fails to occur if one eye is removed at birth.
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