Topographic specificity in the retinocollicular projection of the developing ferret: An anterograde tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Chalupa, Leo M ^a   Snider, Cara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Retinotopy; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; FEMALE; FERRETS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PREGNANCY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032473466     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980302)392:1<35::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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