Connections of the superior colliculus with the tegmentum and the cerebellum in the hedgehog tenrec

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-145

  Künzle, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inferior olive; Insectivore; Laterality; Lemniscal nuclear complex; Parabigeminal tegmentum; Reticular fields; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; HEDGEHOG; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY NERVE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; HEDGEHOGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 18244420503     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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