The parafascicular nucleus relays spinal inputs to the striatum: An electron microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-79

  Nakamura, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Otake, Kazuyoshi ^b   Tokuno, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BDA; Electron microscopy; Parafascicular nucleus; Spinal cord; Striatum; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; TRACER; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAY MATTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33747873315     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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