title: Wiring visual systems: common and divergent mechanisms and principles.
abstract: The study of visual systems has a rich history, leading to the discovery and understanding of basic principles underlying the elaboration of neuronal connectivity. Recent work in model organisms such as fly, fish and mouse has yielded a wealth of new insights into visual system wiring. Here, we consider how axonal and dendritic patterning in columns and laminae influence synaptic partner selection in these model organisms. We highlight similarities and differences among disparate visual systems with the goal of identifying common and divergent principles for visual system wiring.
authors.affiliation: The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: kolodkin@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Alex L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kolodkin
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology of the Institute for Biology, Free University Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: robin.hiesinger@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: P Robin
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hiesinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D019521:Body Patterning; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology; D023421:Models, Animal; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*