Retinohypothalamic projections in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus): A study using cholera toxin subunit B

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-403

  Costa, M S M O ^a   Santee, U R ^a   Cavalcante, J S ^a   Moraes, P R A ^a   Santos, N P ^a   Britto, L R G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Hypothalamic nuclei; Retinohypothalamic tract; Subcortical visual pathways; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MARMOSET; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC CHIASM; PREOPTIC AREA; RETINA; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033590244     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991220)415:3<393::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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