Anterograde tracing of retinohypothalamic afferents with Fluoro-Gold

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 197-204

  Reuss, Stefan ^a   Decker, Karin ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterograde neuronal tracing; Centrifugal; Cholera toxin; Fast blue; Hamster; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Medial preoptic nucleus; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Retina; Substance P; Superior colliculus; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LYSINE; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STILBAMIDINES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031027358     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01151-1     Document Type: Article

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