Organization of the ectostriatum based on afferent connections in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Brain Research

Volumn 963, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-112

  Laverghetta, Antonio V ^a,b   Shimizu, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Tract tracing; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSORY NERVE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; COLORING AGENTS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; OXAZINES; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0037435880     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03949-5     Document Type: Article

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