Similarities and differences in the cytoarchitecture of the tectum of frogs and salamanders

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 41-59

  Dicke, Ursula ^a   Roth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocytin labeling; Dendritic morphology; Descending pathways; Projection pattern; Tectal neurons

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROGS AND TOADS; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA; LYSINE; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; URODELA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030345047     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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