Organisation of the amygdalo-thalamic pathways in rats

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Reardon, Fiona ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Biotinylated dextran; Dorsal thalamus; Rat

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033971650     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008229     Document Type: Article

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