Influence of the tectal zone on the distribution of synaptic boutons in the brainstem of goldfish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 401, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-428

  Herrero, L ^a   Corvisier, J ^b   Hardy, O ^b   Torres, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Faculty of Biology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escape; Eye movements; Optic rectum; Orienting; Tectoreticular pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT; GOLDFISH; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SYNAPSE;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; GOLDFISH; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032561669     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981123)401:3<411::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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