Corticocortical communication via the thalamus: Ultrastructural studies of corticothalamic projections from area 17 to the lateral posterior nucleus of the cat and inferior pulvinar nucleus of the owl monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-295

  Feig, Sherry ^a   Harting, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical layer 5; Modulation; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; MONKEY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032496673     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980808)395:3<281::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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