2024
Hebbian instruction of axonal connectivity by endogenous correlated spontaneous activity
Matsumoto N, Barson D, Liang L, Crair M. Hebbian instruction of axonal connectivity by endogenous correlated spontaneous activity. Science 2024, 385: eadh7814. PMID: 39146415, DOI: 10.1126/science.adh7814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous activitySpontaneous retinal wavesAxonal connectionsPatterns of correlated activityNeonatal miceEvidence in vivoRetinal wavesPostsynaptic neuronsNeuronal activityIn vivoAxonal arborsAxonal processesAxonsRetinocollicular axonsNeural connectionsIndividual axonsMorphological changesSubcellular precisionEndogenous pattern
2005
Pretarget sorting of retinocollicular axons in the mouse
Plas DT, Lopez JE, Crair MC. Pretarget sorting of retinocollicular axons in the mouse. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2005, 491: 305-319. PMID: 16175549, PMCID: PMC2716708, DOI: 10.1002/cne.20694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinotopic orderOptic tractRetinotectal mapRetinal ganglion cell axonsGanglion cell axonsWild-type miceAxon orderRetinocollicular axonsMouse genetic modelsCell axonsTectal mapMouse modelRetinal axonsOptic tectumSubsequent tractsAxonsTarget cellsTractMiceVertebrate visual systemTectumRetinaRoger SperryGenetic modelsLipophilic dye