Mechanisms underlying the early establishment of thalamocortical connections in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5723-5745

  Molnár, Zoltán ^a   Adams, Richard ^a   Blakemore, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'handshake' hypothesis; Axon guidance; Cortex; Development; Internal capsule; Perireticular nucleus; Pioneer axons; Preplate; Rat; Subplate; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; DIENCEPHALON; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032146096     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05723.1998     Document Type: Article

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