Forebrain projections to the hypothalamus are topographically organized in anurans: Conservative traits as compared with amniotes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1895-1910

  Moreno, Nerea ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dorsal thalamus; Evolution; Frog; Prosencephalon; Septum

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMPHIBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; FROG; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; TECHNIQUE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOAD; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSENCEPHALON; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 18844370945     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04025.x     Document Type: Article

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