Projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the forebrain, with special emphasis on the extended amygdala

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-287

  Li, Sa ^a   Kirouac, Gilbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Emotions; Medial prefrontal cortex; Nucleus accumbens; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN DEXTRAN AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 38049007401     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21502     Document Type: Article

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