Isthmotectal connections in Plethodontid salamanders

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-272

  Wiggers, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocytin; EM; Nucleus isthmi; Tectum opticum; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; HEMISPHERE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASAL GANGLIA; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; URODELA; VISION;

EID: 0032103904     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980601)395:2<261::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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