Anatomical and Functional Organization of the Thalamostriatal Systems

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue C, 2010, Pages 381-396

  Smith, Yoland ^a,b   Galvan, Adriana ^a,b   Raju, Dinesh ^a,b   Wichmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84999908234     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374767-9.00022-6     Document Type: Chapter

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