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Functional Implications of Species Differences in the Size and Morphology of the Isthmo Optic Nucleus (ION) in Birds

In birds, there is a retinofugal projection from the brain to the retina originating from the isthmo optic nucleus (ION) in the midbrain. Despite a large number of anatomical, physiological and histochemical studies, the function of this retinofugal system remains unclear. Several functions have bee...

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, Cristián, Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Lisney, Thomas J., Faunes, Macarena, Marín, Gonzalo J., Wylie, Douglas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037816

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