Connections of the precommissural nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-45

  Canteras, Newton S ^a   Goto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral systems; Defensive behavior; Hypothalamus; Periaqueductal gray; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0033599976     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990524)408:1<23::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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