Prefrontal cortex inputs of the nucleus accumbens-nigro-thalamic circuit

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-382

  Montaron, M F ^a   Deniau, J M ^b   Menetrey, A ^b   Glowinski, J ^a   Thierry, A M ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Rat; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030050393     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00455-6     Document Type: Article

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