Projections from the Nucleus Isthmi to the Visual and Auditory Centres in the Frog, Rana esculenta

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-307

  Kulik, Akos ^a   Matesz, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Frog; Nucleus isthmi; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Visual system

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININS, PLANTS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; FROG; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RANA ESCULENTA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1542525945     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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