Mesencephalic and diencephalic afferent connections to the thalamic nucleus rotundus in the lizard, Psammodromus algirus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-282

  Dávila, José Carlos ^a   Andreu, Manuel José ^a   Real, M Ángeles ^a   Puelles, Luis ^b   Guirado, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dorsal thalamus; Evolution; Optic tectum; Visual pathways; Visuomotor integration

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOTINYLATION; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LATERAL SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; LIZARD; MALE; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ANSA LENTICULARIS POSTERIOR; NUCLEUS SUBPRETECTALIS; OPTIC TECTUM; POSTVENTRAL NUCLEUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; ROTUND NUCLEUS; SAUROPSIDIAN NUCLEUS ROTUNDUS; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036974593     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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