Projection of the nucleus pretectalis to a retinorecipient tectal layer in the pigeon (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 424-438

  Gamlin, Paul D R ^a   Reiner, Anton ^b   Keyser, Kent T ^a   Brecha, Nicholas ^d   Karten, Harvey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; neuropeptide Y; NPY; tectum; visual system

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COLUMBIDAE; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STILBAMIDINES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029937620     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960506)368:3<424::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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