Relationship between laminar topology and retinotopy in the rhesus lateral geniculate nucleus: Results from a functional atlas

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-102

  Erwin, Ed ^a   Baker, Frank H ^b   Busen, William F ^c   Malpeli, Joseph G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind spot; Layers; Morphogenesis; Optic disk; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; RETINA;

EID: 0033612006     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990428)407:1<92::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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