Afferent and Efferent Connections of the Dorsocentral Telencephalon in an Electrosensory Teleost, Gymnotus carapo

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-98

  Corrêa, Sônia Aparecida Lopes ^a   Grant, Kirsty ^b   Hoffmann, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BDA; Electric fish; Telencephalic afferents; Telencephalic efferents; Telencephalic subdivisions

Indexed keywords

GYMNOTUS CARAPO; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRIC FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC FISH; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0031604648     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006554     Document Type: Article

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