Convergence of Thalamic and Cholinergic Projections in the 'Dentate Area' of Lizards

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-122

  Hoogland, Piet V ^a   Martinez Garcia, Fernando ^b   Geneser, Finn A ^c   Vermeulen VanderZee, Eefke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dentate area; Hippocampus; Lizards; Reptiles; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE; LACERTIDAE; LAMIINAE; MAMMALIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; METABOLISM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LIZARDS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031601273     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006533     Document Type: Article

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