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ArticleNeuron2005

Ephrin-as guide the formation of functional maps in the visual cortex.

Jianhua Cang, Megumi Kaneko, Jena Yamada, Georgia Woods, Michael P Stryker, David A Feldheim

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Article in Neuron, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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101citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. A Unifying Principle for the Functional Organization of Visual Cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  19. Mutually Repulsive EphA7-EfnA5 Organize Region-to-Region Corticopontine Projection by Inhibiting Collateral Extension.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jianhua CangW. M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
Megumi Kaneko
Jena Yamada
Georgia Woods
Michael P Stryker
David A Feldheim
University of California, Santa Cruz · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USW. M. Keck Foundation · US

Funding

DEVELOPMENT &PLASTICITY OF THE VISUAL SYSTEMR01EY002874 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STRYKER, MICHAEL P · 1986 to 2022
$6.4M
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING LABELS IN VISUAL DEVELOPMENTR01EY014689 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI FELDHEIM, DAVID A · 2003 to 2012
$3.1M
DEVELOPMENT AND PLASTICITY OF THE VISUAL SYSTEMR37EY002874 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI STRYKER, MICHAEL PAUL · 1994 to 2004
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS EY014689NEI NIH HHS EY02874NEI NIH HHS R01 EY002874NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014689NEI NIH HHS R37 EY002874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ephrin-As and their receptors, EphAs, are expressed in the developing cortex where they may act to organize thalamic inputs. Here, we map the visual cortex (V1) in mice deficient for ephrin-A2, -A3, and -A5 functionally, using intrinsic signal optical imaging and microelectrode recording, and structurally, by anatomical tracing of thalamocortical projections. V1 is shifted medially, rotated, and compressed and its internal organization is degraded. Expressing ephrin-A5 ectopically by in utero electroporation in the lateral cortex shifts the map of V1 medially, and expression within V1 disrupts its internal organization. These findings indicate that interactions between gradients of EphA/ephrin-A in the cortex guide map formation, but that factors other than redundant ephrin-As are responsible for the remnant map. Together with earlier work on the retinogeniculate map, the current findings show that the same molecular interactions may operate at successive stages of the visual pathway to organize maps.

Indexed as

Brain MappingAgingAnimalsAnimals, NewbornEmbryonic DevelopmentEphrin-A2Ephrin-A3Ephrin-A5LigandsMiceMice, KnockoutRetinaSynaptic TransmissionThalamusVisual CortexEphrin-A2Ephrin-A3Ephrin-A5Ligands

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PMID16301175
PMCPMC2424263
OpenAlexW2108333707

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