Quantitative analyses of thalamic and cortical origins of neurons projecting to the rostral and caudal forelimb motor areas in the cerebral cortex of rats

Brain Research

Volumn 781, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-147

  Wang, Yang ^a   Kurata, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical motor area; Corticocortical neuron; Diamidino yellow; Fast blue; Statistical comparison; Thalamocortical neuron

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FORELIMB; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032545586     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01223-7     Document Type: Article

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