Organization of the neurons of origin of the descending pathways from the ferret superior colliculus

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-313

  Meredith, M A ^a   Miller, L K ^a   Ramoa, A S ^a   Clemo, H R H ^a   Behan, M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Gaze; Oculomotor; Orienting; Tectoreticular; Tectospinal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; GRAY MATTER; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL SIZE; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRETS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0034895751     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(01)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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