Morphology of the turtle accessory optic system

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 639-649

  Martin, John ^a   Kogo, Naoki ^a,b   Fan, Tian Xing ^a   Ariel, Michael ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basal optic nucleus; Direction sensitive cells; Neurobiotin; Nissl staining; Whole cell recordings

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACCESSORY OPTIC TRACT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; VETERINARY ANATOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TURTLES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942555099     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803206064     Document Type: Article

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