Glutamatergic Neurotransmission from the Optic Tectum to the Contralateral Nucleus Rotundus in Pigeons

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Huang, Li Hua ^a   Li, Jian Li ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antagonists; Glutamatergic transmission; Nucleus rotundus; Optic tectum; Pigeon; Receptor; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; DIENCEPHALON; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031987232     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006552     Document Type: Article

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