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Review
. 2003 Dec 18;40(6):1053-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00808-0.

Mapping by waves. Patterned spontaneous activity regulates retinotopic map refinement

Stephen J Eglen  1 , Jay Demas, Rachel O L Wong
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Mapping by waves. Patterned spontaneous activity regulates retinotopic map refinement

Stephen J Eglen et al. Neuron. .
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Abstract

A role for spontaneous spiking activity in shaping neuronal circuits has frequently been debated. Analyses of retinotopy in mutant mice with reduced correlated firing among neighboring retinal cells by Grubb et al. and McLaughlin et al. in this issue of Neuron indicate the importance of patterned spontaneous activity for retinotopic map refinement in subcortical visual targets.

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