Reevaluation of the primary motor cortex connections with the thalamus in primates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 457, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-158

  Kultas Ilinsky, Kristy ^a   Sivan Loukianova, Elena ^a   Ilinsky, Igor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

BDA tracing; Corticothalamic axon morphology; Corticothalamic terminal distribution; Monkey; Motor thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037416812     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10539     Document Type: Article

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