Retrograde tracing of the subset of afferent connections in mouse barrel cortex provided by zincergic neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 486, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-60

  Brown, Craig E ^a   Dyck, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cholera toxin b; Retrograde; Selenium; Somatosensory cortex; Whisker; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; SODIUM SELENITE; TRACER; ZINC;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CLAUSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SELENIUM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE; ZINC;

EID: 17644386825     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20522     Document Type: Article

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