Organization in the somatosensory sector of the cat's thalamic reticular nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-222

  Crabtree, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaterals; maps; projections; slabs; somatosensory thalamus

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULUM CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030060214     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960304)366:2<207::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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