Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the dorsal thalamus of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus, the short beaked echidna

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 161-183

  Ashwell, Ken W S ^a   Paxinos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory; Calbindin; Calretinin; Parvalbumin; Somatosensory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; CELL SIZE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MONOTREMATE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROPIL; PARVALBUMINS; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 27644435940     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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