Thalamocortical projection from the parafascicular nucleus to layer V pyramidal cells in frontal and cingulate areas of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Marini, Gabriella ^b   Pianca, Laura ^a   Tredici, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterograde transport; Cortex; Intralaminar thalamus; Parafascicular nucleus; Pyramidal neurons; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030051761     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12266-4     Document Type: Article

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