Direct contacts between fibers from the ventrolateral thalamic nucleus and frontal cortical neurons projecting to the striatum: A light-microscopy study in the rat

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-87

  Zin Ka Ieu, Sophie ^a   Roger, Michel ^a   Arnault, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Corticostriate connections; Phaseolus vulgaris; Thalamocortical connections

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031896462     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050121     Document Type: Article

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