The changing pattern of fibre bundles that pass through the optic chiasm of mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3653-3663

  Colello, S J ^a   Guillery, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Development; Mammalian; Retinal ganglion cell; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GROWTH CONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SILVER STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OPTIC CHIASM; PREGNANCY; SILVER STAINING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032449309     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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