Ultrastructure and synaptic targets of tectothalamic terminals in the cat lateral posterior nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 472-486

  Kelly, Larry R ^a   Li, Jianli ^a   Carden, W Breckinridge ^a,b   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

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

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Lateral suprasylvian cortex; Pulvinar; Substance P; Superior colliculus; Visual thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CATS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; SUBSTANCE P; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0041920996     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10800     Document Type: Article

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