Long-range connectivity of mouse primary somatosensory barrel cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2221-2233

  Aronoff, Rachel ^a   Matyas, Ferenc ^a,b   Mateo, Celine ^a   Ciron, Carine ^a   Schneider, Bernard ^a   Petersen, Carl C H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Axonal projection; Barrel cortex; Lentivirus; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CORPUS STRIATUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RED NUCLEUS; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77953740820     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07264.x     Document Type: Review

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