Midline and intralaminar thalamic connections with the orbital and medial prefrontal networks in macaque monkeys

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-111

  Hsu, David T ^a   Price, Joseph L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central thalamic nuclei; Mood disorders; Parataenial nucleus; Paraventricular nucleus; Stress; Subgenual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 34548279791     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21440     Document Type: Article

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