Visual-field-specific heterogeneity within the tecto-rotundal projection of the pigeon

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2635-2650

  Hellmann, Burkhard ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascending tectofugal pathway; Birds; Extrageniculocortical pathway; Rotundus; Tectum opticum; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLORING AGENTS; COLUMBIDAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032838323     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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