Efferent connections of the dorsomedial thalamic nuclei of the domestic chick (Gallus domesticus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 459, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-326

  Montagnese, Catherine M ^a   Mezey, Szilvia E ^a   Csillag, András ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Diencephalon; Limbic system; Pathway tracing; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CRANIAL NERVE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EFFERENT NERVE; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IONTOPHORESIS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTIC TECTUM; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037420732     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10612     Document Type: Article

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