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Efferent Projections to the Goldfish Retina

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Neurobiology of the Inner Retina

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIH,volume 31))

Abstract

The centrifugal innervation of the retina has been extensively described in birds (Cowan, 1970), but only recently has the existence of efferents been demonstrated in a variety of other species, including several species of fish (Witkovsky, 1971; Ebbesson and Meyer, 1981; Munz and Claas, 1981; Munz et al, 1982; Gerwerzhagen et al, 1982; Crapon de Caprona and Fritzsch, 1983; Meyer et al, 1983; Springer, 1983). Retrograde tracing methods have shown that there may be as many as five central sources of fish retinal efferents (Ebbesson and Meyer, 1981). Reports on the number and location of these efferent sources are inconsistent, but there is agreement that one source of retinal efferents is the terminal nerve (TN) (Springer, 1983).

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  1. Department of Anatomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

    Alexander K. Ball & Diane A. Tutton

  2. Department of Anatomy, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada

    William K. Stell

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, 2900, Oldenburg, Germany

    Reto Weiler

  2. Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Oxford University, Walton Street, OX2 6AW, Oxford, UK

    Neville N. Osborne

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Ball, A.K., Stell, W.K., Tutton, D.A. (1989). Efferent Projections to the Goldfish Retina. In: Weiler, R., Osborne, N.N. (eds) Neurobiology of the Inner Retina. NATO ASI Series, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74149-4_9

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