The instructive role of binocular vision in the Xenopus tectum.
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.
Udin
Susan B
SB
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Program in Neuroscience, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA. sudin@buffalo.edu
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014981:Xenopus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate