Glomerular nucleus of the weakly electric fish, Gymnotus sp.: Cytoarchitecture, histochemistry, and fiber connections-Insights from neuroanatomy to evolution and behavior

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1658-1676

  Giassi, Ana Catarina Casari ^a,b   Maler, Leonard ^b   Moreira, Jorge E ^a   Hoffmann, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDA; Diencephalon; Electrosensory system; Gymnotiform; Teleost; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRIC FISH; ESOCIDAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH; GLOMERULAR NUCLEUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPH; PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONID; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TUBERAL NUCLEUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955076363     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22593     Document Type: Article

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