Morphology, axonal projection pattern, and responses to optic nerve stimulation of thalamic neurons in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-110

  Roth, Gerhard ^a   Grunwald, Wolfgang ^a   Dicke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biocytin labeling; Descending visual pathways; Intracellular recording; Retinothalamotelencephalic pathway

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CORPUS STRIATUM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; TOAD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LYSINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037911586     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10670     Document Type: Article

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