Septal complex of the telencephalon of lizards: III. Efferent connections and general discussion

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 401, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-548

  Font, Cristian ^a   Lanuza, Enrique ^a   Martinez Marcos, Alino ^a   Hoogland, Piet V ^b   Martinez Garcia, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative neuroanatomy; Limbic system; Reptiles; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIZARD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HABENULA; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIZARDS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; TERRITORIALITY; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032583156     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981130)401:4<525::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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