Connections of the subiculum of the rat: Topography in relation to columnar and laminar organization

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-264

  Witter, Menno P ^a,b  

^a Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences ICEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Columnar organization; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Laminar organization; Parahippocampal region

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS;

EID: 33750046336     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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