Four retinal ganglion cell types that project to the superior colliculus in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-120

  Rivera, Nancy ^a   Lugo, Nidza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Dendritic morphology; Directionally selective; Retina; Rodents

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SQUIRREL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032557818     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980622)396:1<105::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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