Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: Efferent connections of the striatum and the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-50

  Marín, Oscar ^a   González, Agustin ^a   Smeets, Wilhelmus J A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anterograde tracing; anuran; catecholamines; mesencephalic tectum; urodele

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EFFERENT NERVE; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTIC TECTUM; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1842409552     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970331)380:1<23::aid-cne3>3.3.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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