GABAergic inputs to the nucleus rotundus (pulvinar inferior) of the pigeon (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-222

  Mpodozis, Jorge ^a   Cox, Kevin ^b   Shimizu, Toru ^c   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^d   Woodson, Walter ^e   Karten, Harvey J ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

birds; evolution; pretectum; tectofugal system; visual system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029976853     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961014)374:2<204::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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