Comparison of the ultrastructure of cortical and retinal terminals in the rat dorsal lateral geniculate and lateral posterior nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 394-409

  Li, Jianli ^a   Wang, Siting ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticothalamic; Glomerulus; Interneuron; Synapse; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENICULATE BODIES; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA;

EID: 0037414634     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10646     Document Type: Article

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