Chapter 5 The anatomical relationship of the prefrontal cortex with the striatopallidal system, the thalamus and the amygdala: Evidence for a parallel organization

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue C, 1991, Pages 95-118

  Groenewegen, Henk J ^a   Berendse, Henk W ^a   Wolters, Jan G ^a   Lohman, Anthony H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THALAMUS;

EID: 0025670540     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)62677-1     Document Type: Article

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