Efferent connections of nucleus accumbens subdivisions of the domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus): An anterograde pathway tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2922-2953

  Bálint, Eszter ^a   Mezey, Szilvia ^a   Csillag, András ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Brainstem; Diencephalon; Galliformes; Nucleus accumbens; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EFFERENT NERVE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHICKENS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79961215991     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22672     Document Type: Article

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