Selective neural pathway targeting reveals key roles of thalamostriatal projection in the control of visual discrimination

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 17169-17179

  Kato, Shigeki ^a   Kuramochi, Masahito ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kenta ^a   Fukabori, Ryoji ^a   Okada, Kana ^a,b   Uchigashima, Motokazu ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^c   Tsutsui, Yuji ^d   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^a,b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOTOXIN; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOSTRIATAL PROJECTION; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 81855184655     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4005-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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