Identification of retinal ganglion cells projecting to the lateral hypothalamic area of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 105-114

  Leak, Rehana K ^a   Moore, Robert Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; FluoroGold; Hypothalamus; Lateral hypothalamic area; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinohypothalamic tract; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STILBAMIDINES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030856798     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00761-0     Document Type: Article

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