Conduction and synaptic transmission in the optic nerve and the superior colliculus during development of the retinocollicular projection in the wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 472-484

  Freeman, Tobe C B ^a,b   James And, Andrew C ^a   Mark, Richard F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

current source density analysis; evoked potentials; marsupial; pouch young; visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; KANGAROO; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MACROPODIDAE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030944126     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970421)380:4<472::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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