Projections of the medial orbital and ventral orbital cortex in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3766-3801

  Hoover, Walter B ^a   Vertes, Robert P ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agranular insular cortex; Amygdala; Instrumental learning; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mediodorsal nucleus; Nucleus accumbens; Nucleus reuniens; Paratenial nucleus; Pavlovian conditioning; Raphe nuclei; Retrosplenial cortex; Striatum

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; ATTENTION; BASAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLAUSTRUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; INSULA; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL ORBITAL CORTEX; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MOTIVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VENTRAL ORBITAL CORTEX; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80054698270     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22733     Document Type: Article

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