Interconnections among nuclei of the subcortical visual shell: The intergeniculate leaflet is a major constituent of the hamster subcortical visual system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-309

  Morin, L P ^a   Blanchard, J H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal lateral geniculate; Lateral posterior nucleus; Pretectum; Superior colliculus; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Ventral lateral geniculate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HAMSTER; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DIENCEPHALON; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOCRICETUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032490540     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980706)396:3<288::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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