Chicken suprachiasmatic nuclei: I. Efferent and afferent connections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-120

  Cantwell, Elizabeth L ^a   Cassone, Vincent M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; BDA; Biotin dextran amine; Cholera toxin B subunit; CTB; Iontophoretic injection; Retinohypothalamic; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTIN; BIOTIN DEXTRAN AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MAMMAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; CHICKENS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33645452548     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20935     Document Type: Article

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