Retinal afferents to the thalamic mediodorsal nucleus in the rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  do Nascimento, Expedito Silva ^a   Cavalcante, Jeferson Sousa ^a   Cavalcante, Judney Cley ^a   Costa, Miriam Stela Maris Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; Retinal projections; Rock cavy

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERODON RUPESTRIS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN RODENTS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VARICOSIS; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; RETINA; RODENTIA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77951938249     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.040     Document Type: Article

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