Basal amygdaloid complex afferents to the rat nucleus accumbens are compartmentally organized

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1877-1893

  Wright, Christopher I ^a   Beijer, Arno V J ^a   Groenewegen, Henk J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amygdala; anterograde tracing; basal ganglia; calbindin; immunohistochemistry; nucleus accumbens; ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT;

EID: 0029960049     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01877.1996     Document Type: Article

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