A reciprocal connection between the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus and the pretectal nuclear complex and the superior colliculus: An in vitro characterization in the rat

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Born, Gesche ^a   Schmidt, Matthias ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dextran amines; GABA; Pretectum; SC; vLGN

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WHOLE CELL;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COBALT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 39449133361     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080048     Document Type: Article

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