Dendritic organization of neurons of the superior colliculus in animals with different visual capability

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-265

  Hilbig, Heidegard ^a   Merbach, Michaela ^a   Krause, Johanna ^a   Gärtner, Ulrich ^a   Stubbe, Annegret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branching pattern; Dendrites; Diurnal animals; Electron microscopy; Golgi impregnation; Nocturnal animals; Rat; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCANDENTIA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUPAIIDAE; VISION;

EID: 0033952849     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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