Retinal projections to the accommodation-related area in the rostral superior colliculus of the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Ohtsuka, K ^a   Sato, A ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell; Accommodation; Active fixation; Cat; Superior colliculus; W cell

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031016566     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02454154     Document Type: Article

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