title: Typical albino retinofugal projections despite severe congenital optic nerve malformations in adult albino rats.
abstract: Albino rats with severe congenital malformations of the optic nerves consisting of kinks, folds, or loops were examined for possible abnormal central visual projections using the Fink-Heimer method. No abnormal projections were seen in any of the visual areas studied.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D051381:Rats; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology