Demonstration of direct input from the retina to the lateral habenular nucleus in the albino rat

Brain Research

Volumn 709, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-258

  Qu, Tingyu ^a   Dong, Kai ^a   Sugioka, Kozo ^a   Yamadori, Takashi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albino rat; Fluorescent retrograde tracer; Lateral habenular nucleus; Retina; Selective silver impregnation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABENULA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0030043208     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01306-7     Document Type: Article

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