Patterns of connections between zona incerta and brainstem in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 544-555

  Kolmac, Christian I ^a   Power, Brian D ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intralaminar nuclei; Midbrain; Rat; Topography; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032514238     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980713)396:4<544::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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