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Optic tract structure

Known as: Optic Tract, Optici, Tractus, Tract, Optic 
A continuation of the optic nerves just dorsal to the optic chiasm, formed by temporal fibers of the ipsilateral optic nerve and nasal fibers of the… 
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Immunocytochemical localization of calretinin in the forebrain of the rat
The distribution of the calcium binding protein calretinin (protein 10) was examined in the rat forebrain by immunohistochemistry… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Functional specificity of lateral geniculate nucleus laminae of the rhesus monkey.
1. This study investigated the functional specificity of the lateral geniculate mucleus (LGN) of the rhesus monkey using… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Direct and indirect preoculomotor pathways of the brainstem: An autoradiographic study of the pontine reticular formation in the cat
  • A. Graybiel
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1977
  • Corpus ID: 2049799
The efferent connections of the paramedian pontine reticular formation have been studied in the cat in autoradiographic… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Connections of the pretectum in the cat
  • N. Berman
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1977
  • Corpus ID: 37133045
The connections of the pretectal complex in the cat have been examined by anatomical methods which utilize the anterograde axonal… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Quantitative analysis of retinal ganglion cell classifications.
The classification of cat retinal ganglion cells as X or Y on the basis of linearity or nonlinearity of spatial summation has… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The efferent connections of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus of the rat ,
The efferent connections of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) of the rat have been examined using the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The retrograde intraaxonal transport of horseradish peroxidase in the chick visual system: A light and electron microscopic study
Retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) from the region of retinal genglion cell axon terminals back to the cell… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
An autoradiographic study of the efferent connections of the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus in the albino rat and the cat
The efferent connections of the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (LGNv) of the albino rat and the cat have been studied using… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Interrelationships of striate and extrastriate cortex with the primary relay sites of the visual pathway.
Several recent studies have indicated that the optic tectum or superior colliculus may serve more important and diverse functions… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The identification of single units in central visual pathways
There have been many single-unit studies on central visual pathways in recent years and several of these studies have been… 
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