The ventral lateral geniculate nucleus and the intergeniculate leaflet: Interrelated structures in the visual and circadian systems

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 705-727

  Harrington, Mary E ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; GABA; Hypothalamus; Intergeniculate leaflet; Neuropeptide Y; Pretectum serotonin; Subcortical visual nuclei; Superior colliculus; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAMSTER; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; VISION;

EID: 0030671533     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(96)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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