A multi-component model of the developing retinocollicular pathway incorporating axonal and synaptic growth.

During development, neurons extend axons to different brain areas and produce stereotypical patterns of connections. The mechanisms underlying this process have been intensively studied in the visual system, where retinal neurons form retinotopic maps in the thalamus and superior colliculus. The mec...

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Main Authors: Keith B Godfrey, Stephen J Eglen, Nicholas V Swindale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2782179?pdf=render