Motor afferents from the cerebellum, zona incerta and substantia nigra to the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in the rat

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 565-578

  Çavdar, Safiye ^a   Özgür, Merve ^a   Uysal, Sanem Plnar ^a   Amuk, Özge Ceren ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cerebellum; mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; retrograde; substantia nigra; Tract tracing; zona incerta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; STILBAMIDINE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 84929576118     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: 1757448X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635214500198     Document Type: Article

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