Glutamate and aspartate immunoreactivity in the reciprocal projections between the anterior thalamic nuclei and the retrosplenial granular cortex in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-321

  Gonzalo Ruiz, A ^a   Sanz, J M ^a   Morte, L ^a   Lieberman, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; Cingulate cortex; Double labelling; Excitatory amino acids; Limbic system

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMIC NUCLEI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031016206     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00291-2     Document Type: Article

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