Central pupillary light reflex circuits in the cat: I. The olivary pretectal nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3960-3977

  Sun, Wensi ^a,c   May, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c North Gate Eye Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Edinger Westphal; Luminance; Oculomotor; Parasympathetic; Pretectum

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; VISUAL PIGMENT; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; WHEAT GERM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; EDINGER-WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PRETECTAL REGION; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINA; SYNAPSES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 84911469096     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23602     Document Type: Article

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