Axonal connections of the medial magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum in zebra finches

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 364-381

  Foster, Elizabeth F ^a   Mehta, Ritvik P ^a   Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Hypothalamus; Songbirds; Thalamus; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; EFFERENT NERVE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030923710     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903820305     Document Type: Article

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