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SUBMITTER: Demyanenko GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6741870 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Demyanenko Galina P GP Maness Patricia F PF
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20030101 2
The retinocollicular projection is a preferred axon guidance pathway for investigating molecular mechanisms of synaptic targeting in the mammalian CNS. Here we identify a previously unrecognized role of the L1 cell adhesion molecule in topographic mapping of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons to their targets in the mouse superior colliculus (SC). L1 was transiently expressed on RGC axons during axon growth and targeting. DiI labeling of retinal axons revealed that temporal axons of L1-minus mice ...[more]