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Failure to maintain eye-specific segregation in nob, a mutant with abnormally patterned retinal activity.
Neuron - 20 Apr 2006
Demas Jay, Sagdullaev Botir T, Green Erick, Jaubert-Miazza Lisa, McCall Maureen A, Gregg Ronald G, Wong Rachel O L, Guido William
Abstract excerpt
Axon terminals from the two eyes initially overlap in the dorsal-lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) but subsequently refine to occupy nonoverlapping territories. Retinal activity is required to establish and maintain this segregation. We show that despite the presence of retinal activity, segregated projections desegregate when the structure of activity is altered. Early in development, spontaneous retinal...
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