Heterogeneous axonal arborizations of rat thalamic reticular neurons in the ventrobasal nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 416-430

  Cox, Charles L ^a   Huguenard, John R ^a   Prince, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; nucleus reticularis; somatosensory system; thalamic inhibition; thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030051645     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960311)366:3<416::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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