Development of output connections from the inferior colliculus to the optic tectum in barn owls

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-524

  Nieder, Bärbel ^a   Wagner, Hermann ^a   Luksch, Harald ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimodal map; Intracellular filling; Midbrain; Sound localization; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND DETECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; STRIGIFORMES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042922834     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10827     Document Type: Article

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