The horizontal optokinetic reflex of the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis aurita): Physiological and anatomical studies in normal and early monoenucleated specimens

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1207-1216

  Nasi, J P ^a   Volchan, E ^b   Tecles, M T ^b   Bernardes, R F ^b   Rocha Miranda, C E ^b  

^a Faculdade Farmacia da Univ Fed D   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Monocular enucleation; Nucleus of the optic tract; Opossum; Optokinetic nystagmus; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OPTIC TRACT; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EYE ENUCLEATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; OPOSSUMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0030956424     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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