Tectal fiber connections in a non-teleost actinopterygian fish, the sturgeon Acipenser

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 142-155

  Yamamoto, Naoyuki ^a   Yoshimoto, Masami ^a   Albert, James S ^b   Sawai, Nobuhiko ^a   Ito, Hironobu ^a,b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinopterygian fish; Extrageniculate pathway; Optic tectum; Tectal fiber connection; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DEXTRAN; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOTOPE TRACING; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032893776     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006590     Document Type: Article

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