Segregation of parallel inputs to the anteromedial and anteroventral thalamic nuclei of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2966-2986

  Wright, Nicholas F ^a   Vann, Seralynne D ^a   Erichsen, Jonathan T ^b   O'Mara, Shane M ^c   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Hippocampus; Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; Prelimbic cortex; Retrosplenial cortex; Subicular cortex

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL TRACT TRACER;

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTEROMEDIAL THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ANTEROVENTRAL THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; INNERVATION; LATERODORSAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTSUBICULUM; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SECONDARY MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

CINGULATE CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SUBICULAR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 84880611869     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23325     Document Type: Article

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