Cortical, thalamic, and amygdaloid connections of the anterior and posterior insular cortices

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 440-468

  Shi, C J ^a   Cassell, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Axonal labeling; Cortex; Taste; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; LYSINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032487373     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981005)399:4<440::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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