On the functional anatomy of the nucleus of the optic tract-dorsal terminal nucleus commissural connection in the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis aurita)

Neuroscience

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 313-321

  Vargas, C D ^a   Volchan, E ^a   Hokoc J N ^a   Pereira, A ^a   Bernardes, R F ^a   Rocha Miranda, C E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GABA; horizontal nystagmus; interstitial nucleus of the superior fasciculus (posterior fibres); lateral terminal nucleus; medial terminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030571570     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00356-9     Document Type: Article

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