Parameters of transplant-mediated pupilloconstriction in rats with unilateral olivary pretectal lesions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 327-335

  Young, Michael J ^a,b,c   Lund, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pupil; Reflex; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; RETINA CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030735244     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<327::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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