Visual thalamotelencephalic pathways in the sturgeon Acipenser, a non- teleost actinopterygian fish

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 156-172

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

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Evolution; Fiber connections; Ray finned fish; Telencephalon; Thalamus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOREBRAIN; GOLGI STAIN; ISOTOPE TRACING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACIPENSER; ACTINOPTERI; ACTINOPTERYGII; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032922620     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006591     Document Type: Article

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