Dual actions of isthmic input to tectal neurons in a reptile, Gekko gekko

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 889-893

  George, Stephen A ^a   Wu, Gang Yi ^a   Li, Wen Chang ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Electrical stimulation; Intracellular recording; Nucleus isthmi; Optic rectum; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIZARDS; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033197729     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899165088     Document Type: Article

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