Differential sensitivities of the two visual pathways of the chick to labelling by fluorescent retrograde tracers

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-86

  Deng, Chao ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a Unversity of New England   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon collateral; Chicken; Contralateral projections; Fluorescent tracers; Ipsilateral projections; Retrograde labelling; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROGOLD; RHODAMINE B; TRUE BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BENZOFURANS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RHODAMINES; STILBAMIDINES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032813680     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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