Bidirectional connections of the medial amygdaloid nucleus in the Syrian hamster brain: Simultaneous anterograde and retrograde tract tracing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-209

  Coolen, Lique M ^a,b   Wood, Ruth I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Cholera toxin B; Efferent; Immunohistochemistry; Limbic system; PHA L

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRICETINAE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032556046     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980921)399:2<189::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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