Crossed thalamo-cortical and cortico-thalamic projections in adult mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-72

  Carretta, Donatella ^a   Sbriccoli, Alessandro ^b   Santarelli, Marialaura ^a   Pinto, Francesco ^a   Granato, Alberto ^b   Minciacchi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossed projections; Horseradish peroxidase; Interhemispheric transfer; Midline thalamic nuclei; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030062855     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12319-3     Document Type: Article

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