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Rules of retinotectal mapmaking
Author(s) -
Easter Stephen S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950050405
Subject(s) - neuroscience , effector , biology , projection (relational algebra) , nervous system , anatomy , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , algorithm
The selective connections that nerve cells make to each other and to effector and receptor cells outside the nervous system are essential to organized behavior. The retinotectal projection has been used frequently in the experimental investigation of how such patterned sets of connections are formed. This article traces the evolution of some of the dominant experimental paradigms and concepts that have resulted in the currently accepted rules underlying the retinotectal map.