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Terminal distribution of retinal fibers in the tegu lizard (Tupinambis nigropunctatus)

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The retinal projections in the tegu lizard were traced using degeneration-silver methods. Bilateral projections were found to the dorsolateral geniculate and the posterodorsal nuclei. Unilateral, crossed projections were traced to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus, the mesencephalic lentiform nucleus, nucleus geniculatus praetectalis, the ectomammillary nucleus, and the optic tectum. Some of these connections are distinctly different from those reported in other reptiles and suggest that important interspecific variations occur among reptiles.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA

    Sven O. E. Ebbesson

  2. Culebra Biological Station, Culebra, Puerto Rico, USA

    Sven O. E. Ebbesson

  3. Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Stonybrook, New York, USA

    Harvey J. Karten

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Ebbesson, S.O.E., Karten, H.J. Terminal distribution of retinal fibers in the tegu lizard (Tupinambis nigropunctatus). Cell Tissue Res. 215, 591–606 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233534

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