Projections of the nucleus of the basal optic root in pigeons (Columba livia) revealed with biotinylated dextran amine

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-536

  Wylie, Douglas R W ^a   Linkenhoker, Brie ^a,b   Lau, King L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Oculomotor; Optokinetic; Visual motion; Visual vestibular integration

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; COLUMBIDAE; DEXTRANS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OPTIC LOBE; PONS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030858244     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970811)384:4<517::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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