The visuo-motor pathway in the local circuit of the rat superior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8496-8504

  Isa, Tadashi ^a   Endo, Toshiaki ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracellular staining; Local circuits; Patch clamp; Rat; Slice; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0032531729     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08496.1998     Document Type: Article

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