Visual connections of the atypical diencephalic nucleus rostrolateralis in Pantodon buchholzi (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-99

  Saidel, William M ^a   Butler, Ann B ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ITNI   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diencephalon; Nucleus rostrolateralis; Pantodon buchholzi (Teleostei); Vertebrate; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TELEOST; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031014819     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050734     Document Type: Article

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