Brain-stem afferents upon retinal projecting isthmo-optic and ectopic neurons of the pigeon centrifugal visual system demonstrated by retrograde transneuronal transport of rhodamine β-isothiocyanate

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-224

  Miceli, Dom ^a   Repérant, Jacques ^a,b   Bavikati, Renuka ^a   Rio, Jean Paul ^b   Volle, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain stem afferents; Centrifugal visual system; Pigeon; Rhodamine isothiocyanate; Transneuronal tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842404177     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800011354     Document Type: Article

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