The perforant path: projections from the entorhinal cortex to the dentate gyrus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-61

  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; hippocampus; parahippocampal region; subiculum; topographical organization

Indexed keywords

DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS;

EID: 34548289005     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)63003-9     Document Type: Review

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