Functional anatomy of the avian centrifugal visual system

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Miceli, Dom ^a   Repérant, Jacques ^a,b   Bertrand, Christine ^a   Rio, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Avian; Centrifugal visual system; CHAT; Ectopic neurons; GABA; Isthmo optic nucleus; Neuroanatomy; Neurochemistry; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BRAIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033082127     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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