Organisation of the tectorotundal and SP/IPS-rotundal projections in the chick

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-185

  Deng, Chao ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorescent tracers; Nucleus rotundus; Nucleus subpretectalis nucleus interstitio pretecto subpretectalis; Optic tectum; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIKARYON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032482151     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980504)394:2<171::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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