Intrinsic connections of the rat amygdaloid complex: Projections originating in the accessory basal nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-313

  Savander, Vesa ^a   Go, C Genevieve ^b   Ledoux, Joseph E ^b   Pitkänen, Asla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; anatomy; anterograde tracer; memory; temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029909351     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961014)374:2<291::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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