Development of tectal connectivity across metamorphosis in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 226-247

  Horowitz, Seth S ^a   Simmons, Andrea Megela ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial septum; Metamorphosis; Midbrain; Multisensory convergence; Nucleus isthmi; Optic tectum; Tadpole; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; ORIENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANA CATESBEIANA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 79251616625     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322550     Document Type: Article

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