Immunohistochemical investigations of neurofilament M′ and αβ-crystallin in the magnocellular layers of the primate lateral geniculate nucleus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 216-220

  Prasad, S S ^a,c   Schnerch, A ^a   Lam, D Y ^a   To, E ^a   Jim, J ^a   Kaufman, P L ^b   Matsubara, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color; Form vision; LGN; Motion; Primate; Segregated streams

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0037203326     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00564-8     Document Type: Article

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