Early detection of optic nerve-evoked response in the superior colliculus of the neonatal rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-144

  Lim, Christopher H ^a   Ho, Stephen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current source density; Development; Optic nerve; Rat; Retinotectal pathway; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031576327     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00735-0     Document Type: Article

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