Dual axonal terminations from the retrosplenial and visual association cortices in the laterodorsal thalamic nucleus of the rat

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-326

  Shinkai, M ^a   Yokofujita, J ^a   Oda, S ^a   Murakami, K ^a   Igarashi, H ^a   Kuroda, M ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Synapse; Thalamus; Ultrastructure; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; RHODAMINE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 28244461546     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-005-0047-z     Document Type: Article

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