title: Go with the flow -- but only in one direction.
abstract: Retinotopic maps form prior to the development of vision, when retinal waves serve as a robust source of correlated neural activity. Two recent studies provide critical insights into the features of retinal waves that may be instructive for the formation of retinotopic maps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neurosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA.
authors.forename: Anastacia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anishchenko
authors.forename: Marla B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Feller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*