Afferents to the seizure-sensitive neurons in layer III of the medial entorhinal area: A tracing study in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-218

  Eid, T ^a,c   Jorritsma Byham, B ^b   Schwarcz, R ^a   Witter, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Claustrum; Entorhinal cortex; Epilepsy; Neurodegeneration; Presubiculum; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; FAST BLUE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CLAUSTRUM; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029897863     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00231782     Document Type: Article

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