Cortical somatosensory and trigeminal inputs to the cat superior colliculus: Light and electron microscopic analyses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-326

  Harting, John K ^a,b   Feig, Sherry ^a   Van Lieshout, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colliculus; Corticotectal; Somatosensory; Trigeminotectal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0030734913     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<313::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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