An ultrastructural study of the neural circuit between the prefrontal cortex and the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-458

  Kuroda, Masaru ^a   Yokofujita, Junko ^a   Murakami, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; NERVE ENDING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032473513     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(97)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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