Ultrastructure and distribution of corticothalamic fiber terminals from the posterior cingulate cortex and the presubiculum to the anteroventral thalamic nucleus of the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 485-491

  Oda, Satoko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticothalamic projections; Electron microscopy; Limbic thalamus; Rat; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030902755     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00377-2     Document Type: Article

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