Afferent and efferent connections of the diencephalic prepacemaker nucleus in the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia virescens: Interactions between the electromotor system and the neuroendocrine axis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-41

  Wong, Calvin J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Dorsal thalamus; Electroreception; Forebrain; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PREOPTIC AREA; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TELENCEPHALON;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BIOTIN; DIENCEPHALON; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030994471     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970623)383:1<18::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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