Postnatal development of the corticothalamic projections from the visual association cortex to the lateralis posterior complex in the cat

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Matsumoto, S ^a   Hoshino, K ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Norita, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal morphology; Biocytin; Lateral suprasylvian cortex; Synaptic glomerulus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; NERVE FIBERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33748460172     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.93.2006.1.9     Document Type: Article

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