Connections of the zona incerta to the reticular nucleus of the thalamus in the rat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Çavdar, Safiye ^a   Onat, Filiz ^a   Çakmak, Yusuf Özgür ^a   Saka, Erdinç ^a   Yananli, Hasan R ^a   Aker, Rezzan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Connections; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STEREOTAXIS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 33746655721     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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