A possible pathway connecting the photosensitive pineal eye to the swimming central pattern generator in young Xenopus laevis tadpoles

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 323-337

  Jamieson, David ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPG; Glutamate; Pineal; Swimming; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; LATENT PERIOD; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033490659     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006632     Document Type: Article

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