Efferent connectivity of the hippocampal formation of the zebra finch (Taenopygia guttata): An anterograde pathway tracing study using Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-214

  Székely, Andrea D ^a,b   Krebs, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

avian; hippocampal efferents; limbic circuits; memory

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EFFERENT NERVE; FOWL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 0030010486     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960429)368:2<198::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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