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Optic afferents, neuron maturation, and neuron survival in the rat superior colliculus
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Optic afferents, neuron maturation, and neuron survival in the rat superior colliculus

Debra L. Giordano and Timothy J. Cunningham
Brain research. Developmental brain research, v 4(3), pp 365-368
1982
PMID: 7104767

Abstract

neuron maturation neuron survival superior colliculus transneuronal degeneration
Removal of the eyes from newborn rats causes the neurons in the superior colliculus (SC) to degenerate in a morphologically less mature form than that which is found when the cells die naturally. The results indicate that afferents are important for the maturation of SC neurons and may explain several apparently conflicting results reported for the morphology of natural and induced cell death in other areas of the nervous system.

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