Projections of single retinal ganglion cells to the visual centers: An intracellular staining study in a plethodontid salamander

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 435-447

  Wiggers, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Laminae; Morphology; RGC; Terminals

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STAINING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; URODELA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033137098     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899163053     Document Type: Article

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