Ibotenic acid lesions of the substantia nigra pars reticulata ipsilateral to a visual cortical lesion fail to restore visual orienting responses in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 596-610

  Ciaramitaro, Vivian M ^a   Wallace, Steven F ^a,b   Rosenquist, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Western Montana Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; hemianopia; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIANOPIA; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIANOPSIA; IBOTENIC ACID; ORIENTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031030309     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970127)377:4<596::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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