Subicular efferents are organized mostly as parallel projections: A double-labeling, retrograde-tracing study in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 284-297

  Naber, P A ^a   Witter, M P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axon collaterals; Hippocampal formation; Information storage; Learning; Memory; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBICULUM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMILLARY BODIES; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032513577     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980413)393:3<284::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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