Differential innervation of Parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneurons of the basolateral amygdaloid complex by cortical and intrinsic inputs

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 416, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 496-508

  Smith, Yoland ^a   Paré, Jean François ^a   Paré, Denis ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amydala; Electron microscopy; GABA; Local circuit cell; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARVALBUMINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034707713     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000124)416:4<496::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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