Reciprocal connections of the hippocampal area CA1, the lateral nucleus of the amygdala and cortical areas in a combined horizontal slice preparation

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-100

  Von Bohlen Und Halbach, Oliver ^a   Albrecht, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Entorhinal cortex; Fluorescent tracer; Hippocampus; Perirhinal cortex; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THICKNESS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036768561     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(02)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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