Termination of the geniculocortical projection in the striate cortex of macaque monkey: A quantitative immunoelectron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 306-319

  Latawiec, Diane ^a   Martin, Kevan A C ^a   Meskenaite, Virginia ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Layer 4C; Parvalbumin; Physical disector method; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034008784     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000410)419:3<306::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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