Circuit-based localization of ferret prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1020-1036

  Duque, Alvaro ^a   McCormick, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hodology; Mediodorsal nucleus; Thalamus; Tracers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FERRETS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STILBAMIDINES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 77951121044     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp164     Document Type: Article

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