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Retinotectal Connexions of a Heterotopic Eye

Nature New Biology volume 238, pages 286–287 (1972)Cite this article

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THE mechanisms which cause the formation of specific synaptic connections in the nervous system are rather obscure. The development of specific connexions between eye and brain indicates a stage-dependent functional specification of the retina1 which allows the retina to form predictable, specific connexions with the optic tectum, but the manner in which optic nerve fibres terminate in the tectum and the mechanisms which restore the visual projection after optic nerve regeneration are as yet not fully determined2.

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SHARMA, S. Retinotectal Connexions of a Heterotopic Eye. Nature New Biology 238, 286–287 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio238286a0

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