Serendipity and the Siamese Cat: The discovery that genes for coat and eye pigment affect the brain

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-363

  Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Nystagmus; Retina; Superior colliculus; Vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CAT; CHOROID; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 24644460606     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.4.357     Document Type: Article

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