The ramification and connections of retinal fibres in layer 7 of the domestic chick optic tectum: A Golgi impregnation, anterograde tracer and GABA-immunogold study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-183

  Sebesteny T ^a   Davies, D C ^b   Zayats, N ^a   Nemeth A ^a   Tombol T ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Isthmic nuclei; Modulatory feed back; Phaseolous vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOWL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GOLGI STAIN; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GOLGI APPARATUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0036203599     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8782.2001.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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