Use of the Sensitive Anterograde Tracer Cholera Toxin Fragment B Reveals New Details of the Central Retinal Projections in Turtles

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 307-337

  Reiner, Anton ^a   Zhang, Danru ^b   Eldred, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Retinal projections; Turtles; Visual pathway evolution; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

PSEUDEMYS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; RETINA; TURTLE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; RETINA; TURTLES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030330533     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113210     Document Type: Article

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