Neural connections of the pineal organ in the primitive bony fish Acipenser baeri: A carbocyanine dye tract-tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 398, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Yáñez, Julián ^a   Anadón, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acipenser baeri (Chondrostei); Afferents; Bony fishes; Pineal connections; Pinealopetal neurons

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FISH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 2642705828     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980824)398:2<151::AID-CNE1>3.3.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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