Retinal afferents to the dorsal raphe nucleus in rats and Mongolian gerbils

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-484

  Fite, Katherine V ^a   Janušonis, Skirmantas ^a   Foote, Warren ^b   Bengston, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental light stimulation; Periaqueductal gray; Retinal ganglion cells; Rodent visual system; Serotonin; Subcortical vision

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GERBIL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0344246936     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991129)414:4<469::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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