Evidence for a large projection from the zona incerta to the dorsal thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 554-565

  Power, Brian D ^a   Kolmac, Christian I ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association nuclei; Biotinylated dextran; Cholera toxin subunit B; Intralaminar nuclei; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTAXIS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; GENICULATE BODIES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0033593822     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990222)404:4<554::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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