1.
Trends Neurosci
; 24(8): 432-3, 2001 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11476870
ABSTRACT
A key problem in developmental neurobiology is how axons home in on their correct target tissue and establish the correct synaptic contacts. Recent work shows that in the developing Drosophila visual system a population of distinct lamina glial cells ensures correct target layer selection of retinal axons. In the absence of lamina neurons, photoreceptor axons terminate their growth in the correct zone, but when glial cell migration into the lamina is disrupted, as in nonstop mutants, growth cones advance into deeper layers of the brain.
Subject(s)
Axons/physiology , Cell Movement/physiology , Neuroglia/cytology , Visual Pathways/cytology , Visual Pathways/embryology , Animals , Drosophila , Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate/cytology
2.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 136(1): 41-2, 1992 Jan 04.
Article
in Dutch
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1728762