Projections of growth-cone-bearing fibers of retinal ganglion cells within co-cultured tectal explants: early branching depends on age of target tissue

• Published in: Brain research Vol. 350; no. 1-2; p. 231
• Main Authors: Friedlander, D R, Crain, S M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.01.1985
• Subjects: Animals; Axons - physiology; Culture Techniques; Mice; Organ Specificity; Retina - physiology; Retinal Ganglion Cells - cytology; Retinal Ganglion Cells - physiology; Superior Colliculi - embryology; Time Factors; Visual Pathways - embryology

The projections of retinal ganglion cell axons within co-cultured tectal explants were analyzed in order to investigate some of the factors that determine the earliest responses of retinal axons to cues present in an isolated target tissue. Half retinas and superior colliculi (tecta) from the embryo...