Ultrastructure and Distribution of Axon Terminals from the Reticular Thalamic Nucleus to the Anteroventral Thalamic Nucleus of the Rat

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-466

  Oda, Satoko ^a   Kuroda, Masaru ^a   Chen, Shao Yun ^a   Shinkai, Masataka ^a   Kishi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anteroventral thalamic nucleus; Electron microscopy; Rat; Reticular thalamic nucleus; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 1842471936     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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