Interconnected cortical networks between primary somatosensory cortex septal columns and posterior parietal cortex in rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-419

  Lee, Taehee ^a   Alloway, Kevin D ^a   Kim, Uhnoh ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Barrel cortex; Corticocortical circuits; Intracortical circuits; Retrograde tracing; Secondary somatosensory cortex; Spatial processing

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRISSA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 78650649522     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22505     Document Type: Article

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