Morphology and Connections of Nucleus Isthmi Pars Magnocellularis in Chicks (Gallus gallus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-297

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Major, Daniel E ^a   Karten, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Center surround interaction; Heterotopic; Homotopic; Motion detection; Optic tectum; Retinotopic

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CHICKENS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0347089297     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11007     Document Type: Article

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