Thalamic relay nuclei of the basal ganglia form both reciprocal and nonreciprocal cortical connections, linking multiple frontal cortical areas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 8117-8132

  McFarland, Nikolaus R ^a   Haber, Suzanne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticothalamic; Frontal cortex; Mediodorsal; Thalamocortical; Ventral anterior; Ventral lateral

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; TRACER; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037107156     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-08117.2002     Document Type: Article

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