Distribution of large terminal inputs from the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices to the dorsal thalamus in the rodent

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2592-2611

  Liao, Chia Chi ^a,b   Chen, Ruei Feng ^b   Lai, Wen Sung ^b   Lin, Rick C S ^c   Yen, Chen Tung ^b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticothalamic projection; Posterior thalamus; Ventroposterior thalamic nuclei; Vp organization

Indexed keywords

TRACER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIBRISSA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77952184565     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22354     Document Type: Article

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