Directional cues for growing axons forming the retinotectal projection

A theory of biological pattern formation

1972 • 3,055 citations

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1963 • 1,947 citations

How patterned neural connections can be set up by self-organization

1976 • 838 citations

Evidence for the formation of cell aggregates by chemotaxis in the development of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum

1947 • 827 citations

Applications of a theory of biological pattern formation based on lateral inhibition

1974 • 468 citations

Retinal axons with and without their somata, growing to and arborizing in the tectum of Xenopus embryos: a time-lapse video study of single fibres in vivo

1987 • 301 citations

A marker induction mechanism for the establishment of ordered neural mappings: its application to the retinotectal problem

1979 • 272 citations

The evolution of the retinotectal map during development in Xenopus

1974 • 240 citations

A topographic gradient of molecules in retina can be used to identify neuron position.

1981 • 216 citations

Fiber-fiber interaction and tectal cues influence the development of the chicken retinotectal projection.

1984 • 195 citations

In vitro experiments on axon guidance demonstrating an anterior-posterior gradient on the tectum.

1982 • 195 citations

Tetrodotoxin inhibits the formation of refined retinotopography in goldfish

1983 • 191 citations

The specification of the retino‐tectal projection in the chick

1974 • 173 citations

An evaluation of the hypothesis of shifting terminals in goldfish optic tectum

1984 • 168 citations

Branching of regenerating retinal axons and preferential selection of appropriate branches for specific neuronal connection in the newt

1982 • 140 citations

Homing behaviour of axons in the embryonic vertebrate brain

1986 • 114 citations

A differential adhesion approach to the patterning of nerve connections

1980 • 112 citations

Model for the retino-tectal projection

1983 • 111 citations

How do retinal axons find their targets on the tectum?

1984 • 98 citations

Morphogenesis and physiogenesis of the retino-tectal connection in the chicken. II. the retino-tectal synapses

1976 • 73 citations

Rules of order in the retinotectal fascicles of goldfish

1984 • 72 citations

Mode of growth of retinal axons within the tectum of Xenopus tadpoles, and implications in the ordered neuronal connection between the retina and the tectum

1987 • 66 citations

Formation of retinotopic connections: Selective stabilization by an activity-dependent mechanism

1985 • 65 citations

Development of projections between areas of the nervous system

1981 • 61 citations

Rules for retinotectal terminal arborizations in the goldfish optic tectum: A whole‐mount study

1984 • 61 citations

Course corrections of deflected retinal axons on the tectum of the chick embryo

1986 • 11 citations