Immunocytochemical mapping of NPY and VIP neuronal elements in the cat subcortical visual nuclei, with special reference to the pretectum and accessory optic system

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-508

  Borostyánkoi, Zsolt A ^a   Görcs, Tamás J ^b   Hámori, József ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colliculus superior; Enucleation; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Lateral posterior pulvinar complex; Posterior commissure

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032881472     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050298     Document Type: Article

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