Retinorecipient areas in the diurnal murine rodent Arvicanthis niloticus: A disproportionally large superior colliculus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1699-1726

  Gaillard, Frédéric ^a   Karten, Harvey J ^b   Sauvé, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis niloticus; Cholera toxin subunit b (CTB); Geniculate body; Nile grass rat; Pretectum; Retinal projections; Rodent; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERGENICULATE LEAFLET; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LATEROPOSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS OF THE OPTIC TRACT; OLIVARY PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR LIMITANS NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELENCEPHALON; VENTRAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875873008     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23303     Document Type: Article

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