Retinotopic order in the optic nerve and superior colliculus during development of the retinocollicular projection in the wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-158

  Ding, Y ^a,b   Marotte, L R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborizations; Mammal; Marsupial; Topography; Visual

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MARSUPIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MACROPODIDAE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0030867257     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050087     Document Type: Article

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