The initial stages of development of the retinocollicular projection in the wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Distribution of ganglion cells in the retina and their axons in the superior colliculus

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-317

  Ding, Y ^a,b   Marotte, L R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammal; Marsupial; Retinotopy; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MARSUPIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029740906     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00187141     Document Type: Article

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