Afferents from the colliculus, cortex, and retina have distinct terminal morphologies in the lateral posterior thalamic nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 467-483

  Ling, Changying ^a,b   Schneider, Gerald E ^a   Northmore, David ^a,c   Jhaveri, Sonal ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Immunocytochemistry; Presynaptic terminals; Rodents; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NERVE ENDINGS; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030667710     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971124)388:3<467::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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