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@article{Keating1986VisualDA, title={Visual deprivation and the maturation of the retinotectal projection in Xenopus laevis.}, author={M. J. Keating and Simon Grant and Edwin A. Dawes and Kiran Nanchahal}, journal={Journal of embryology and experimental morphology}, year={1986}, volume={91}, pages={ 101-15 }, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12682164} }
It is concluded that the specific retinotectal connections underlying these features of the projection are generated by intrinsic developmental processes which do not require visual experience, among these intrinsic processes might be 'spontaneous' neural activity.