Bifurcating projections from the cerebellar fastigial neurons to the thalamic suprageniculate nucleus and to the superior colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 864, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 308-311

  Katoh, Yoshimitsu Yuki ^a   Arai, Ryohachi ^a   Benedek, György ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Colliculus superior; Fluorescence microscope; Thalamus; Vision

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISION;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034640327     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02156-9     Document Type: Article

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