Basolateral amygdala efferents to the ventral subiculum preferentially innervate pyramidal cell dendritic spines

Brain Research

Volumn 981, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 160-167

  French, Sarah Jane ^a   Hailstone, Julia Catherine ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Glutamatergic; Hippocampus; Limbic; Principle cell

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUBICULUM; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0141686979     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03017-8     Document Type: Article

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