Zinc-containing afferent projections to the rat corticomedial amygdaloid complex: A retrograde tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-390

  Christensen, Mette Kirstine ^a   Frederickson, Christopher J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Laboratory for Neurobiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent innervation; Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Epilepsy; Zinc containing neuron

Indexed keywords

SELENIDE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DEATH; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE; STROKE; SUBICULUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

EID: 0032569625     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981026)400:3<375::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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