Fiber connections of the torus longitudinalis and optic tectum in holocentrid teleosts

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 462, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-212

  Xue, Hao Gang ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyuki ^a   Yang, Chun Ying ^a   Kerem, Gulnisa ^a   Yoshimoto, Masami ^a   Imura, Kosuke ^a   Ito, Hironobu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus cerebelli; Marginal fiber; Nucleus paracommissuralis; Pyramidal cell; Topographic projection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037665163     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10730     Document Type: Article

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