Dorsal thalamic nuclei in Caiman crocodilus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 581, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-62

  Pritz, Michael B ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cortex; Dorsal thalamus; Dorsal ventricular ridge; Evolution; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; DIENCEPHALON; DORSAL GENICULATE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HEMISPHERE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CROCODILIAN; CYTOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84906751777     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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