A distinct population of neurons in the central posterior/prepacemaker nucleus project to the nucleus preopticus periventricularis in the weakly electric gymnotiform fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Brain Research

Volumn 776, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-125

  Zupanc, Günther K H ^a   Horschke, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Biocytin; Dorsal thalamus; Gymnotiformes; Preoptic area; Retrograde tracing; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031446196     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01006-8     Document Type: Article

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