Supracapsular bed nucleus of the stria terminalis contains central and medial extended amygdala elements: Evidence from anterograde and retrograde tracing experiments in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 422, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 533-555

  Shammah Lagnado, Sara J ^a   Beltramino, Carlos A ^b,e   McDonald, Alexander J ^d   Miselis, Richard R ^e   Yang, Ming ^e   De Olmos, José ^f   Heimer, Lennart ^c   Alheid, George F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of Córdoba   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde and retrograde tracing; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central amygdaloid nucleus; Extended amygdala; Medial amygdaloid nucleus; Stria terminalis

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; GLYCOPROTEINS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0034632178     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000710)422:4<533::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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