Projections of olfactory bulbs to the olfactory and vomeronasal cortices

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1541-1544

  Pro Sistiaga, Palma ^a   Mohedano Moriano, Alicia ^a   Ubeda Bañon, Isabel ^a   De La Rosa Prieto, Carlos ^a   Saiz Sanchez, Daniel ^a   Martinez Marcos, Alino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Basal telencephalon; Efferents; Main olfactory bulb; Pheromone; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHEMORECEPTORS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 53549129215     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831126ee     Document Type: Article

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