Bottlebrush dendritic endings and large dendritic fields: Motion- detecting neurons in the mammalian tectum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-260

  Major, Daniel E ^a,c   Luksch, Harald ^b   Karten, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground squirrel; Intracellular filling; Pulvinar; Rotundus; Superior colliculus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SQUIRREL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; LYSINE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PULVINAR; SCIURIDAE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034710163     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000724)423:2<243::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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