Efferent projections of the ectostriatum in the pigeon (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-345

  Husband, Scott A ^a   Shimizu, Toru ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Tectofugal; Telencephalon; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0344718448     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990412)406:3<329::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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