Medioventral part of the posterior thalamus in the mouse

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-209

  Motomura, Keisuke ^a   Kosaka, Toshio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended amygdala; Insular cortex; Interoception; Spinothalamic tract; Thalamoamygdalar projection

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; TISSUE SECTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 80053131031     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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