Characterization of pretectal-nuclear-complex afferents to the pulvinar in the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-519

  Schmidt, Matthias ^a   Sudkamp, Sabine ^a   Wahle, Petra ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrageniculate visual thalamus; Pretectal nuclear complex; Saccadic eye movements; Visuomotor integration

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; DARKNESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULVINAR; RETINA IMAGE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PULVINAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035020024     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100738     Document Type: Article

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