Projections to layer VI of the posteromedial barrel field in the rat: A reappraisal of the role of corticothalamic pathways

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 428-436

  Zliang, Zhong Wei ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; DENDRITES; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 17344372325     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.5.428     Document Type: Article

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