The development of corticothalamic and corticotectal connections in the murine visual system

Thesis

All peripheral sensory information is represented in the thalamus before being transmitted to the cortex, with the exception of olfaction. The thalamus projects to all areas of the neocortex and all neocortical areas project to the thalamus. I am interested in the development of three corticothalamic populations which are anatomically and functionally distinct; they project to different thalamic nuclei and generate different post-synaptic responses. Layer V fibres project exclusively to hi...

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Authors: Grant, E

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-2ar1d6meg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: plasticity; thalamocortical; corticothalamic; cross-hierarchical rewiring
• Subjects: Genetics (life sciences); Neuroscience; Medical sciences; Anatomy; Physiology and anatomy