1988
Elimination of neurons from the rhesus monkey's lateral geniculate nucleus during development
Williams R, Rakic P. Elimination of neurons from the rhesus monkey's lateral geniculate nucleus during development. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1988, 272: 424-436. PMID: 3417894, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902720310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate nucleusGeniculate nucleusDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusDepletion of neuronsElimination of neuronsDays of gestationOcular dominance columnsMonkey lateral geniculate nucleusEmbryonic day 60Geniculocortical connectionsGeniculate neuronsDegenerating neuronsVideo-enhanced differential interference contrast opticsMagnocellular partNeuron eliminationRetinal axonsParvicellular partRetinal cellsRhesus monkeysDay 60Left sideNeuronsNumber of neuronsMiddle thirdDegenerating cells
1986
Mechanism of ocular dominance segregation in the lateral geniculate nucleus: competitive elimination hypothesis
Rakic P. Mechanism of ocular dominance segregation in the lateral geniculate nucleus: competitive elimination hypothesis. Trends In Neurosciences 1986, 9: 11-15. DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(86)90005-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1983
Regulation of axon number in primate optic nerve by prenatal binocular competition
Rakic P, Riley K. Regulation of axon number in primate optic nerve by prenatal binocular competition. Nature 1983, 305: 135-137. PMID: 6888556, DOI: 10.1038/305135a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerveAge-matched control animalsPrimate optic nerveMature rhesus monkeysOptic axonsAxon numberEarly lesionsRetinal axonsControl animalsSupernumerary fibresBrain areasSynaptic territoryRhesus monkeysBinocular competitionNerveEyesAxonsMonkeysNormal processVisual experienceGestationLesionsOverproduction and Elimination of Retinal Axons in the Fetal Rhesus Monkey
Rakic P, Riley K. Overproduction and Elimination of Retinal Axons in the Fetal Rhesus Monkey. Science 1983, 219: 1441-1444. PMID: 6828871, DOI: 10.1126/science.6828871.Peer-Reviewed Original Research