Cortical and subcortical influences on the nucleus of the optic tract of the opossum

Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 953-963

  Pereira, A ^a   Volchan, E ^b   Vargas, C D ^b   Penetra, L ^b   Rocha Miranda, C E ^b  

^a Faculty of Geophysics   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Binocularity; Cortical stimulation; Inhibition; Nucleus of the optic tract; Optokinetic reflex; Posterior commissure

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BINOCULAR VISION; EYE MOVEMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OPTIC TRACT; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INJECTIONS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; OPOSSUMS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033429013     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00463-7     Document Type: Article

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