Thalamic innervation of the direct and indirect basal ganglia pathways in the rat: Ipsi- and contralateral projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 483, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-153

  Castle, Maria ^a   Aymerich, Maria S ^a   Sanchez Escobar, Carlos ^a   Gonzalo, Nancy ^a   Obeso, José A ^a   Lanciego, José L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Neuroanatomy; Parafascicular nucleus; Parkinson's disease; Striatum; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 13244262621     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20421     Document Type: Article

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