Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity selectively labels accessory optic nuclei and pathways of the rat visual system

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Ribak, Charles E ^a   Yan, Xiao Xin ^a   Giolli, Roland A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory optic nuclei; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal terminal nucleus; Lateral terminal nucleus; Medial terminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EYE MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030769753     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050212     Document Type: Article

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