Telencephalic connections in the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stouti), with special reference to the Thalamopallial system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-260

  Wicht, Helmut ^a   Northcutt, R Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Forebrain; Myxinoidea; Pallium; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIENCEPHALON; FISH; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; DIENCEPHALON; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAGFISHES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032102919     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980601)395:2<245::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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