A quantitative comparison of the efferent projections of the anterior and posterior subdivisions of the medial amygdala in female mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1543, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-108

  Dibenedictis, Brett T ^a   Helfand, Alexander I ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a   Cherry, James A ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Axon terminal; Medial amygdala; Olfactory; Sociosexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; COURTSHIP; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

MUS; RODENTIA;

ANTEROGRADE TRACING; AXON TERMINAL; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; OLFACTORY; SOCIOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; MICE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; RHODAMINES; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84891747065     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.046     Document Type: Article

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