Spatial organization of the pigeon tectorotundal pathway: An interdigitating topographic arrangement

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 458, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-380

  Marín, Gonzalo ^a   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a   Henny, Pablo ^a   Sentis, Elisa ^a   Farfán, Gonzalo ^a   Fredes, Felipe ^a   Pohl, Nélida ^a   Karten, Harvey ^b   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Nucleus rotundus; Tectofugal pathway; Topography; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MICROINJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; RETINOTECTOFUGAL SYSTEM; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECTOROTUNDAL PATHWAY; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037436889     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10591     Document Type: Article

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