Tectal Mosaic: Organization of the Descending Tectal Projections in Comparison to the Ascending Tectofugal Pathway in the Pigeon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-410

  Hellmann, Burkhard ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Manns, Martina ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Extrageniculocortical pathway; Superior colliculus; Tectobulbar pathway; Tectopontine pathway; Tectum opticum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; FOWL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PONS; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE FIXATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 1942484918     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20056     Document Type: Article

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