Tracing of axonal connectivities in a combined slice preparation of rat brains - A study by rhodamine-dextran-amine-application in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Von Bohlen Und Halbach, Oliver ^a   Albrecht, Doris ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fluorescent tracers; In vitro; Silver staining; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; RHODAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0344541103     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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