Evidence for a visual subsector within the zona incerta

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-186

  Power, Brian D ^a   Leamey, Catherine A ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Lateral geniculate nucleus; Occipital cortex; Rat; Retina; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINDLE CELL; STEREOTAXIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; SUBTHALAMUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035018052     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523801182027     Document Type: Article

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