Diffuse and Specific Tectopulvinar Terminals in the Tree Shrew: Synapses, Synapsins, and Synaptic Potentials

The pulvinar nucleus of the tree shrew receives both topographic (specific) and nontopographic (diffuse) projections from superior colliculus (SC), which form distinct synaptic arrangements. We characterized the physiological properties of these synapses and describe two distinct types of excitatory...

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Main Authors: Wei, Haiyang, Masterson, Sean P., Petry, Heywood M., Bickford, Martha E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156242/