Retinal waves are unlikely to instruct the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-10-2009

Journal

Neural Development

Volume

4

Issue

1

DOI

10.1186/1749-8104-4-25

Abstract

In all mammalian species the projections of the two eyes to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus are initially overlapping before gradually forming the eye-specific domains evident at maturity. It is widely thought that retinal waves of neuronal activity play an instructional role in this developmental process. Here, I discuss the myriad reasons why retinal waves are unlikely to have such a role, and suggest that eye-specific molecular cues in combination with neuronal activity are most probably involved in the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections. © 2009 Chalupa.

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