Development of the retinotectal system in the pigeon: A cytoarchitectonic and tracing study with cholera toxin

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-555

  Manns, Martina ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Ontogeny; Optic tectum; Retinal fibers; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TISSUE INDUCTION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLUMBIDAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIA LIVIA; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0031008707     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050074     Document Type: Article

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