Direct synaptic connections of axons from superior colliculus with identified thalamo-amygdaloid projection neurons in the rat: Possible substrates of a subcortical visual pathway to the amygdala

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-170

  Linke, R ^a   De Lima, A D ^a   Schwegler, H ^a   Pape, H C ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Emotion; Thalamus; Tracing; Visual system

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NEURONS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033545164     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990111)403:2<158::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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