Connections of eye-saccade-related areas within mesencephalic reticular formation with the optic tectum in goldfish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-19

  Luque, Maria A ^a   Perez Perez, Maria P ^a   Herrero, Luis ^a   Torres, Blas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish; Optic tectum; Orienting response; Reticulotectal pathway; Saccadic system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOLDFISH; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; GOLDFISH; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33845398972     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21104     Document Type: Article

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