title: The instructive role of binocular vision in the Xenopus tectum.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Program in Neuroscience, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA. sudin@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Udin
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate