Dendritic arbors of neurons from different regions of the rat thalamic reticular nucleus share a similar orientation

Brain Research

Volumn 731, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Ohara, P T ^a   Havton, L A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic morphology; Rat; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030603099     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00706-8     Document Type: Article

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