Connections between cells of the internal capsule, thalamus, and cerebral cortex in embryonic rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Molnár, Zoltán ^a,b,c   Cordery, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Guide post cells; Marginal zone; Perireticular nucleus; Perirhinal cortex; Subplate; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; EMBRYO; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033547203     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991011)413:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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