Synaptic relationships between axon terminals from the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus and layer III pyramidal cells in the prelimbic cortex of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 708, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Kuroda, Masaru ^a   Ojima, Hisayuki ^a   Igarashi, Hiroaki ^a   Murakami, Kunio ^a   Okada, Akiko ^a   Shinkai, Masataka ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterograde degeneration; Golgi EM; Prefrontal cortex; Synapse; Thalamus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030065843     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01438-1     Document Type: Article

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