The Extended Branch-Arrow Model of the formation of retino-tectal connections
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biological Cybernetics
- Vol. 45 (3) , 157-175
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00336189
Abstract
This paper presents XBAM (the Extended Branch-Arrow Model), a new model of the development of the retino-tectal topographic mapping as observed in frog, toad, and goldfish visual systems. The updating process employed by XBAM is distributed in nature and depends upon interactions between branches of retinal fibers, the branches and the boundaries of the tectum and grafts, and the branches and the tectal surface. Results of computer simulation of the model are related to experimental data obtained from tectal and retinal graft and lesion studies, and comparisons are also made with other models.Keywords
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