Distribution, morphology, and synaptic targets of corticothalamic terminals in the cat lateral posterior-pulvinar complex that originate from the posteromedial lateral suprasylvian cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 847-863

  Huppe Gourgues F ^a   Bickford, M E ^b   Boire, D ^a,c   Ptito, M ^a   Casanova, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

GABA; Glomerulus; PMLS; Pulvinar; RL; RS; Thalamus; Type I cortical terminals; Type II cortical terminals

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOTIN; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PULVINAR; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 33745909139     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21024     Document Type: Article

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