Light perception in the vertebrate brain: An ultrastructural analysis of opsin-and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive neurons in iguanid lizards

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 575-594

  Grace, Michael S ^a   Alones, Vinessa ^a   Menaker, Michael ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid contacting neuron; immunocytochemistry; photoreceptor; pineal; retina

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENSITOMETRY; IGUANAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OPSIN; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTORS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0029940683     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960415)367:4<575::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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