The anatomy of the rat fascia dentata - New vistas

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-504

  Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Commissural projection; Entorhinal cortex lesion; Entorhino hippocampal projection; Hippocampus; Layer specificity

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0030844188     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(97)80003-9     Document Type: Article

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