Self‐organization in the developing nervous system: Theoretical models
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Self-organization in the developing nervous system: theoretical models.
Sensory maps in the nervous system often connect to each other in a topographic fashion. This is most strikingly seen in the visual system, where neighboring neurons in the retina project to neighboring neurons in the target structure, such as the superior colliculus. This article discusses the developmental mechanisms that are involved in the formation of topographic maps, with an emphasis on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: HFSP Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1955-2068
DOI: 10.2976/1.3079539