Avian Homologues of Mammalian Intralaminar, Mediodorsal and Midline Thalamic Nuclei: Immunohistochemical and Hodological Evidence

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 78-98

  Veenman, C Leo ^a   Medina, Loreta ^a   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Birds; Dorsal thalamic zone; Enkephalin; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Intralaminar, mediodorsal, and midline thalamic nuclei; Pathway tracing; Substance P

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOLUTION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISCERA;

EID: 0030638851     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112983     Document Type: Article

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