Fornical and nonfornical projections from the rat hippocampal formation to the anterior thalamic nuclei

Hippocampus

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 977-992

  Dillingham, Christopher M ^a   Erichsen, Jonathan T ^a   O'Mara, Shane M ^b   Aggleton, John P ^a   Vann, Seralynne D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Fornix; Hippocampus; Memory; Postsubiculum; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

TRACER; AMIDINE; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; DIAMIDINO COMPOUND 253-50; DIAMIDINO YELLOW; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN FORNIX; CYTOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INJURIES; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FORNIX, BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 84939469688     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22421     Document Type: Article

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