Unilateral enucleation of adult rats does not effect the synapse-to-neuron ratio within the stratum griseum superficiale of the superior colliculi

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3041-3050

  Smith, S A ^a   Bedi, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Neurons; Synapses; Transneuronal degeneration; Visual system

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; ENUCLEATION; HEART PERFUSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; EYE ENUCLEATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031679233     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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