Specificity in the axonal connections of layer VI neurons in tree shrew striate cortex: Evidence for distinct granular and supragranular systems

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1203-1218

  Usrey, W Martin ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

area 17; corticothalamic pathways; lateral geniculate nucleus; ON, OFF pathways; pulvinar; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029921452     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01203.1996     Document Type: Article

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