Retinal waves

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Author: Dr. Evelyne Sernagor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Dr. Evelyne Sernagor accepted the invitation on 14 February 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 14 June 2008).

This article will briefly cover: historical context of discovery of retinal waves What ARE retinal waves? How are they generated? How do they change during development? Why do they disappear? What role do they play in the formation of visual connections?

Suggested by: Dr. Rachel Wong, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Invited by: Dr. Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia, the peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia
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