Differential projections from the anterior and posterior divisions of the accessory olfactory bulb to the medial amygdala in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3789-3799

  Martínez Marcos, Alino ^a   Halpern, Mimi ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran amine; Mitral tufted cell; Segregation; Tract tracing; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

AMINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; EFFERENT NERVE; IONTOPHORESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; CHEMORECEPTORS; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OPOSSUMS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0032744916     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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