Efferent projections of the intergeniculate leaflet and the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 420, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 398-418

  Moore, Robert Y ^a   Weis, Roger ^a   Moga, Margaret M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Pretectal area; Subparaventricular zone; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EFFERENT NERVE; INFERIOR OLIVE; LABELING INDEX; LAMINA PROPRIA; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034621656     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000508)420:3<398::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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