Evidence for a photosensitive region in the caudal mesencephalon of the turtle brain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-459

  Anderson, Curtis W ^a   Keifer, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Isthmo optic nucleus; Photoreception; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; LATENT PERIOD; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; TURTLE;

ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MESENCEPHALON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TURTLES;

EID: 0031947273     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050360     Document Type: Article

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