Projections from striate and extrastriate visual cortices of the cat to the reticular thalamic nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-488

  Fitzgibbon, T ^a,b   Bittar, R G ^a   Dreher, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dextran biotin; Neuroanatomic tracing; Terminal distribution; Visuotopic maps; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0033517165     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<467::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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