First order connections of the visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 857-874

  FitzGibbon, Thomas ^a,b   Szmajda, Brett A ^b,c   Martin, Paul R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral geniculate nucleus; Primate; Striate cortex; Thalamus; Tract tracing; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MARMOSET; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALLITHRIX; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 37549029193     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070770     Document Type: Article

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