A direct cerebrocerebellar projection in adult birds and rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-339

  Wild, J M ^a   Williams, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cortex; Cerebellar nuclei; Pyramidal tract; Somatosensory cortex; Wulst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; MALE; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0033981868     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00546-1     Document Type: Article

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