The instructive role of binocular vision in the Xenopus tectum

Susan B. Udin

doi:10.1007/s00422-007-0188-7

The instructive role of binocular vision in the Xenopus tectum

Susan B. Udin

Physiology and Biophysics

University at Buffalo

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Abstract

This review presents the fascinating neurobiology underlying the development of the frog optic tectum, the brain structure where the two separate inputs from the two eye are combined into a single, integrated map. In the species Xenopus laevis, binocular visual information has a dramatic impact on axon growth and connectivity, and the formation of binocular connections in this system provides a rich basis for both theoretical and experimental investigations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	493-503
Number of pages	11
Journal	Biological Cybernetics
Volume	97
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-007-0188-7
State	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

Acetylcholine
Binocular
Glutamate
NMDA
Nitric oxide
Nucleus isthmi
Synapse

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