Descending projections arising from the parafascicular nucleus in rats: Trajectory of fibers, projection pattern and mapping of terminations

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-222

  Marini, Gabriella ^a,c   Pianca, Laura ^b   Tredici, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterograde transport; Biocytin; Descending projections; Intralaminar thalamus; Parafascicularis nucleus; Rat

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL DENSITY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZONA INCERTA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GENICULATE BODIES; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; LYSINE; MICROINJECTIONS; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0032878047     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970465     Document Type: Article

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