Integration and segregation of limbic cortico-striatal loops at the thalamic level: An experimental tracing study in rats

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-185

  Groenewegen, Henk J ^a   Galis de Graaf, Yvonne ^a   Smeets, Wilhelmus J A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia thalamocortical circuits; Core; Mediodorsal thalamus; Nucleus accumbens; Shell; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; Ventral pallidum; Ventromedial thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033017834     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(99)00009-5     Document Type: Review

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