Divergent axon collaterals from the rostral superior colliculus to the pretectal accommodation-related areas and the omnipause neuron area in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-76

  Ohtsuka, Kenji ^a   Nagasaka, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixation; Fluorescent double labeling; Pretectum; Raphe interpositus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EYE FIXATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FLUORESCENT DYES; NEURONS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033547225     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991011)413:1<68::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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