Morphology, axonal projection pattern, and response types of tectal neurons in plethodontid salamanders. II: Intracellular recording and labeling experiments

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-504

  Roth, Gerhard ^a   Dicke, Ursula ^a   Grunwald, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Object recognition; Optic tectum; Visual pathways; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNEURONS; LYSINE; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; URODELA;

EID: 0033593933     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990222)404:4<489::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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