L15 - Making maps I Flashcards
Visual system mapping
topographic
Stripe assay shows
posterior tectum cells produced non-permissive factor that repels temporal retinal axons
Ephrin A2 and A5 KO’s
disordered topographic map
Axon elimination
electrical activity
competition
Electrical activity modulates
guidance cue response
Ca2+ and cAMP
Connection refinement
activity dependent
Hebbian rule
cells that fire together, wire together
Embryonic retina activation
spontaneous
Excitatory retinal waves
organised
reflects increases in intracellular calcium
Evidence that neural activity is required for topographic map refinement
sodium channel blocker and mice lacking nAChR
- lack map refinement
Neurotrophins
mediate electrical activity
BDNF
promotes RGC axon branching