Evidence for a possible avian dorsal thalamic region comparable to the mammalian ventral anterior, ventral lateral, and oral ventroposterolateral nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-108

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Evolution; Globus pallidus; Motor cortex; Ventral tier

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MAMMAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; COLUMBIDAE; DEXTRANS; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MAMMALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPTILES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030925909     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970721)384:1<86::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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