Development of the diencephalic relay structures of the visual thalamofugal system in pigeons

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 424-427

  Manns, Martina ^a   Freund, Nadja ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calbindin; GABAA receptors; Parvalbumin; Plasticity; Retinofugal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; EXBB PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIENCEPHALON; EYE; HATCHING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; COLUMBIDAE; DIENCEPHALON; GENICULATE BODIES; PARVALBUMINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 40449131663     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.036     Document Type: Article

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