Distribution of retinogeniculate cells in the tammar wallaby in relation to decussation at the optic chiasm

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 128-140

  Wimborne, B M ^a   Mark, R F ^a   Ibbotson, M R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; LGNd; Marsupial; Retina; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0033103086     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990301)405:1<128::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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