Cortical input to the nucleus of the optic tract and dorsal terminal nucleus (NOT-DTN) in macaques: A retrograde tracing study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 572-580

  Distler, Claudia ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0035015044     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/11.6.572     Document Type: Article

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