Reciprocal Connections Between Cortex and Thalamus Contribute to Retinal Axon Targeting to Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Diao Y, Cui L, Chen Y, Burbridge TJ, Han W, Wirth B, Sestan N, Crair MC, Zhang J. Reciprocal Connections Between Cortex and Thalamus Contribute to Retinal Axon Targeting to Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. Cerebral Cortex 2017, 28: 1168-1182. PMID: 28334242, PMCID: PMC6059179, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAxonsCalciumCholera ToxinDNA-Binding ProteinsEmbryo, MammalianExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsFeeding BehaviorGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGeniculate BodiesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsRetinaSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSuperior ColliculiTranscription FactorsVisual CortexVisual PathwaysConceptsDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusLateral geniculate nucleusVentral lateral geniculate nucleusGeniculate nucleusRetinal projectionsReciprocal connectionsSuperior colliculusConditional knockoutVivo electrophysiology experimentsAbnormal retinal projectionsPrimary visual cortexDLGN neuronsCorticothalamic inputsControl miceThalamocortical tractV1 lesionsThalamus contributeRetinal innervationThalamocortical projectionsCKO miceMouse modelRetinal inputVisual cortexVisual circuitsAxon targeting