The rat orbital and agranular insular prefrontal cortical areas: A cytoarchitectonic and chemoarchitectonic study

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 387-401

  Van De Werd, Henri J J M ^a   Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calbindin and parvalbumin; Claustrum; Cortical parcellation; Dopamine; Infralimbic; Medial orbital; Prelimbic; SMI 32; Ventrolateral orbital and lateral orbital cortical areas

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEMENTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; NISSL BODIES; PARVALBUMINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 38549125060     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-007-0164-y     Document Type: Article

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