Intrinsic circuitry in the deep layers of the cat superior colliculus

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1031-1042

  Behan, M ^a,b   Kime, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Distributed coding; Eye movement; Fixation; Interneurons

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CYTOLOGY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; INTERNEURONS; LYSINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030278838     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007689     Document Type: Article

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