The convergence of axon terminals from the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus and ventral tegmental area on pyramidal cells in layer V of the rat prelimbic cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1340-1349

  Kuroda, Masaru ^a   Murakami, Kunio ^a   Igarashi, Hiroaki ^a   Okada, Akiko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterograde axonal degeneration; Electron microscopy; Reconstruction; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0030010705     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01596.x     Document Type: Article

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