The thalamus of the monotremes: Cyto- and myeloarchitecture and chemical neuroanatomy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1502, 2008, Pages 2415-2440

  Mikula, Shawn ^a   Manger, Paul R ^a,b   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dorsal thalamus; Echidna; Epithalamus; GABA cells; Platypus; Ventral thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; MONOTREME; NEUROLOGY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 45249121196     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2133     Document Type: Review

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