Lateral nucleus of the rat amygdala is reciprocally connected with basal and accessory basal nuclei: A light and electron microscopic study

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 767-781

  Savander, V ^a   Miettinen, R ^a   Ledoux, J E ^b   Pitkanen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; anterograde tracer; emotion; epilepsy; memory; temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; DENDRITES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031550636     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00513-1     Document Type: Article

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