Pineal projections in the zebrafish (Danio rerio): overlap with retinal and cerebellar projections

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1712-1720

  Yanez J ^a   Busch, J ^a   Anadon R ^b   Meissl, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebellum; connections; epithalamus; retina; suprachiasmatic nucleus; teleosts

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SENSORY NERVE; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70449524303     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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