Backward cortical projections to primary somatosensory cortex in rats extend long horizontal axons in layer I

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-310

  Cauller, Lawrence J ^a   Clancy, Barbara ^a   Connors, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel field; Corticocortical; Dextran amine; Feedback; Fiber tracing; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031975031     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980112)390:2<297::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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