Pretectotectal pathway: An ultrastructural quantitative analysis in cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-158

  Baldauf, Zsolt B ^a   Wang, Xiang Ping ^a   Wang, Siting ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Nucleus of the optic tract; Retinal terminal cluster; Superficial gray layer; Superior colliculus; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENICULATE BODY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0042624894     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10792     Document Type: Article

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