Synaptic organization of projections from the amygdala to visual cortical areas TE and V1 in the macaque monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 655-667

  Freese, Jennifer L ^a,b   Amaral, David G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Bouton; Connectivity; Electron microscopy; Primate

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX AREA TE; VISUAL CORTEX AREA V1;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33645967788     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20945     Document Type: Article

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