Evidence for a cortical-basal ganglia projection pathway in female zebra finches

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-24

  Kreck, Gunter ^a   Nixdorf Bergweiler, Barbara E ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior forebrain pathway; BDA; CtB; Fluoro Ruby; In vitro slice preparation; Song system nuclei; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE DEXTRAN AMINE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FINCHES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 13244284560     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200501190-00006     Document Type: Article

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