Tectal input to the central posterior/prepacemaker nucleus of weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus: An in vitro tract-tracing study

Brain Research

Volumn 739, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 201-209

  Zupanc, Günther K H ^a   Horschke, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterograde tracing; biocytin; dextran tetramethylrhodamine; gymnotiformes; retrograde tracing; teleostei; thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030580388     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00818-9     Document Type: Article

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