Crossed and Uncrossed Retinal Projections to the Hamster Circadian System

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 466, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-524

  Muscat, Louise ^a   Huberman, Andrew D ^b   Jordan, Cynthia L ^c   Morin, Lawrence P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergeniculate leaflet; Olivary pretectal nucleus; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALEXA 488; ALEXA 594; CALBINDIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VITREOUS BODY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0142139265     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10894     Document Type: Article

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