Intertectal commissural projection in the lizard Gallotia stehlini: Origin and midline topography

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 360-369

  Pérez Santana, Lilian ^a   Martínez De La Torre, Margaret ^b   Loro, José F ^a   Puelles, Luis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

midbrain; optic tectum; posterior commissure; tectal commissure; visual system

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIZARD; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030051643     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960304)366:2<360::AID-CNE13>3.3.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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