Claustrocingulate connections in the rabbit and rat - A stereological study

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-56

  Majak, Katarzyna ^b   Kowiański, Przemysław ^b   Dziewia̧tkowski, Jerzy ^b   Karwacki, Zbigniew ^b   ŁUczyńska, Anna ^b   Moryś, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Claustrum, claustrocortical connections; Fluorescent tracers; Limbic cortex; Rat; Retrograde transport; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CYTOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; RABBIT; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033644613     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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