Synaptic integration of functionally diverse pallidal information in the entopeduncular nucleus and subthalamic nucleus in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 308-324

  Bevan, Mark D ^a   Clarke, Nick P ^a   Bolam, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; entopeduncular nucleus; globus pallidus; subthalamic nucleus; synaptic convergence; ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031014522     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00308.1997     Document Type: Article

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