Collateral projections of single neurons in the posterior thalamic region to both the temporal cortex and the amygdala: A fluorescent retrograde double-labeling study in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-70

  Namura, Shobu ^a   Takada, Masahiko ^a   Kikuchi, Haruhiko ^a   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Lateral amygdaloid nucleus; Medial geniculate nucleus; Perirhinal cortex; Subparafascicular nucleus

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACOUSTICS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030995710     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970721)384:1<59::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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