Morphology, axonal projection pattern, and response types of tectal neurons in plethodontid salamanders. I: Tracer study of projection neurons and their pathways

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-488

  Dicke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Optic rectum; Tectobulbospinal tracts; Tectothalamic tracts; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SALAMANDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LYSINE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; URODELA;

EID: 0033593885     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990222)404:4<473::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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