Light-dependent retinal innervation of the rat superior colliculus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-348

  Prichard, J Roxanne ^a   Armacanqui, Hilda S ^b   Benca, Ruth M ^c   Behan, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark rearing; Plasticity; Retinofugal projections; Subcortical visual system; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; RETINA NERVE CELL; SLEEP; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248324752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20424     Document Type: Article

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