The Pigmentarchitectonic Divisions and Neuronal Types of the Central Nucleus and Intercalated Masses of the Human Amygdala

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-319

  Urban, Susanne ^a   Yilmazer Hanke, Deniz M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory islands; Cytoarchitecture; Extended amygdala; Lipofuscin; Pigment nissl staining

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL;

AMYGDALA; AUTOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 0347174776     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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