Current source density analysis of contra- and ipsilateral isthmotectal connections of the frog

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 713-719

  Hoshino, Noriaki ^a   Tsurudome, Kazuya ^a   Nakagawa, Hideki ^a   Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current source density (CSD) analysis; Frog; Isthmotectal projection; Nuclear isthmi; Optic tectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROG; GANGLION; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33845937280     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806230037     Document Type: Article

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