Tectothalamic visual projections in turtles: Their cells of origin revealed by tracing methods

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-56

  Belekhova, Margarita ^a   Kenigfest, Natalia ^a,b   Rio, Jean Paul ^c   Repérant, Jacques ^b   Ward, Roger ^b,d   Vesselkin, Nikolai ^a   Karamian, Olga ^a  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light microscopic study; Reptiles; Tectofugal neuron morphology

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; THALAMUS; TURTLE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TURTLES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037463451     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10487     Document Type: Article

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