A mesencephalic relay for visual inputs to reticulospinal neurones in lampreys

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 221-227

  Zompa, Iolanda C ^a,b   Dubuc, Réjean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lamprey; Locomotion; Reticular formation; Tectum; Visual input

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSTOME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030005567     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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