The basolateral amygdaloid complex as a cortical-like structure.
The thalamic innervation of the rat basolateral amygdaloid complex was studied with a combination of light- and electron microscopic techniques using anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) as well as combined degeneration and single-section Golgi impregnation for the identification of thalamo-amygdaloid synaptic relations. The results indicated that the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus corresponds in several features to a cortical structure. Like all cortical areas, the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus is reciprocally related to other cortical regions as well as to the thalamus.
D000679:Amygdala / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D001370:Axonal Transport; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D051381:Rats; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure
D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; C100156:leukoagglutinins, plants