Differential efferent projections of the anterior, posteroventral, and posterodorsal subdivisions of the medial amygdala in mice

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue AUG 2012, 2012, Pages 1-26

  Pardo Bellver, Cecília ^a   Cádiz Moretti, Bernardita ^a   Novejarque, Amparo ^a,b   Martínez García, Fernando ^a   Lanuza, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Defensive behavior; Olfactory amygdala; Sexual behavior; Ventromedial hypothalamus; Vomeronasal amygdala

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRANAMINE CONJUGATE; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYDALA; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL AMYDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MITRAL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY AMYDALA; POSTERODORSAL AMYGDALA; POSTEROVENTRAL AMYGDALA; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; VOMERONASAL AMYDALA;

EID: 84869203742     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00033     Document Type: Article

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