Visceral afferent pathways to the thalamus and olfactory tubercle: Behavioral implications

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-171

  Ruggiero, David A ^a,b   Anwar, Sabeen ^c   Kim, Jinah ^c   Glickstein, Sara B ^c  

^a Dept of Psychiat New York Stt P ^*  (United States)

^b Neurological Research Institute of Lubec   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracer; Behavior; Motivation; Olfaction; Rat; Viscera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISCERA;

EID: 0032514270     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00442-9     Document Type: Article

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