Topographic organization in the retinocollicular pathway of the fetal cat demonstrated by retrograde labeling of ganglion cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-303

  Chalupa, Leo M ^a,c   Snider, Cara J ^a   Kirby, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal development; retinotopy; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0029920762     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960429)368:2<295::aid-cne9>3.3.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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