The callosal pattern in striate cortex is more patchy in monocularly enucleated albino than pigmented rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-172

  Abel, Paul L ^a   Olavarria, Jaime F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Albinism; Corpus callosum; Enucleation; NIH image; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENUCLEATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0030062608     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12359-4     Document Type: Article

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