Neurons in the basal forebrain project to the cortex in a complex topographic organization that reflects corticocortical connectivity patterns: An experimental study based on retrograde tracing and 3D reconstruction

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-137

  Zaborszky, Laszlo ^a   Csordas, Attila ^a   Mosca, Kevin ^a   Kim, Joseph ^a   Gielow, Matthew R ^a   Vadasz, Csaba ^b   Nadasdy, Zoltan ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; 3D statistical neuroanatomy; Cell density; Large scale corticocortical connectivity; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; INSULA; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; ANIMAL; BASAL FOREBRAIN; CYTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BASAL FOREBRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84922360358     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht210     Document Type: Article

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