Visual subdivisions of the dorsal ventricular ridge of the Iguana (Iguana iguana) as determined by electrophysiologic mapping

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-246

  Manger, Paul R ^a   Slutsky, Daniel A ^b   Molnár, Zoltán ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mammals; Neurophysiology; Reptiles; Sensory systems; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IGUANAS; TELENCEPHALON; TOUCH; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037131831     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10373     Document Type: Article

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