Organization of the dorsocaudal neostriatal complex: A retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the domestic chick with special emphasis on pathways relevant to imprinting

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 380-404

  Metzger, Martin ^a   Jiang, Shucui ^a   Braun, Katharina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory pathways; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Learning; Parasensory cortex; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHICKEN; CORPUS STRIATUM; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNEURONS; LYSINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032496738     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980808)395:3<380::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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