Lennart Heimer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Lennart Heimer , was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe and basal ganglia, structures that play central roles in emotion processing and movement.
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- Two methods for selective silver impregnation of degenerating axons and their synaptic endings in the central nervous system. (1967) (1704)
- Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat (1991) (1195)
- New perspectives in basal forebrain organization of special relevance for neuropsychiatric disorders: The striatopallidal, amygdaloid, and corticopetal components of substantia innominata (1988) (1168)
- The afferent connections of the main and the accessory olfactory bulb formations in the rat: An experimental HRP‐study (1978) (722)
- Cholecystokinin innervation of the ventral striatum: A morphological and radioimmunological study (1985) (483)
- The accumbens: beyond the core-shell dichotomy. (1997) (421)
- Two transpallidal pathways originating in the rat nucleus accumbens (1990) (398)
- Impairment of mating behavior in male rats following lesions in the preoptic-anterior hypothalamic continuum (1967) (397)
- Specificity in the efferent projections of the nucleus accumbens in the rat: Comparison of the rostral pole projection patterns with those of the core and shell (1993) (382)
- Ventral striatum and ventral pallidum Components of the motor system? (1982) (381)
- Cholinergic and GABAergic afferents to the olfactory bulb in the rat with special emphasis on the projection neurons in the nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band (1986) (364)
- The limbic lobe and its output channels: Implications for emotional functions and adaptive behavior (2006) (335)
- The Concepts of the Ventral Striatopallidal System and Extended Amygdala (1999) (331)
- Synaptic distribution of centripetal and centrifugal nerve fibres in the olfactory system of the rat. An experimental anatomical study. (1968) (328)
- Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Methods (1981) (320)
- A new anatomical framework for neuropsychiatric disorders and drug abuse. (2003) (295)
- Piecing together the puzzle of basal forebrain anatomy. (1991) (284)
- Substantia innominata: a notion which impedes clinical–anatomical correlations in neuropsychiatric disorders (1997) (276)
- Distribution of gabaergic and cholinergic neurons in the rat diagonal band (1986) (270)
- Cholinergic projections from the basal forebrain to the basolateral amygdaloid complex: A combined retrograde fluorescent and immunohistochemical study (1985) (264)
- The Olfactory Cortex and the Ventral Striatum (1978) (264)
- GABAergic input to cholinergic forebrain neurons: An ultrastructural study using retrograde tracing of HRP and double immunolabeling (1986) (263)
- In vivo anterograde and retrograde axonal trnasport of the fluoresecent rhodamine-dextran-amine, Fluor-Ruby, within the CNS (1990) (244)
- The Human Brain and Spinal Cord (1983) (241)
- The hypothalamic distribution of the stria terminalis in the rat. (1969) (232)
- Ventral striatopallidal parts of the basal ganglia in the rat: I. Neurochemical compartmentation as reflected by the distributions of neurotensin and substance P immunoreactivity (1988) (207)
- Mapping of collateral projections with the HRP-method (1977) (206)
- Evidence for the coexistence of glutamate decar☐ylase and Met-enkephalin immunoreactivities in axon terminals of rat ventral pallidum (1985) (202)
- "Perestroika" in the basal forebrain: opening the border between neurology and psychiatry. (1991) (200)
- Basal forebrain in the context of schizophrenia (2000) (166)
- Simultaneous demonstration of horseradish peroxidase and acetylcholinesterase (1976) (165)
- Mating behavior of male rats after olfactory bulb lesions (1967) (164)
- The ventral pallidal projection to the mediodorsal thalamus: a study with fluorescent retrograde tracers and immunohistofluorescence (1984) (163)
- Rapid transneuronal degeneration and death of cortical neurons following removal of the olfactory bulb in adult rats (1978) (151)
- Selective Silver-Impregnation of Degenerating Axoplasm (1970) (147)
- The basolateral amygdaloid complex as a cortical-like structure (1988) (146)
- The Olfactory Connections of the Diencephalon in the Rat; pp. 484–503 (1972) (145)
- A safer and more sensitive substitute for diamino-benzidine in the light microscopic demonstration of retrograde and anterograde axonal transport of HRP (1977) (139)
- The globus pallidus and its rostroventral extension into the olfactory tubercle of the rat: A cyto- and chemoarchitectural study (1982) (129)
- Double and triple labeling of neurons with fluorescent substances; The study of collateral pathways in the ascending raphe system (1980) (121)
- Efferent connections of the caudal part of the globus pallidus in the rat (1996) (119)
- Cell configurations in the olfactory tubercle of the rat (1984) (118)
- Mating Behaviour of Male Rats after Lesions in the Preoptic Area (1964) (118)
- The ventral striatopallidothalamic projection: I. The striatopallidal link originating in the striatal parts of the olfactory tubercle (1987) (115)
- Ultrastructural evidence of amygdalofugal axons terminating on cholinergic cells of the rostral forebrain (1984) (114)
- The neuronal organization of the supracapsular part of the stria terminalis in the rat: The dorsal component of the extended amygdala (1998) (113)
- Theories of basal forebrain organization and the "emotional motor system". (1996) (112)
- Silver Methods for the Impregnation of Degenerating Axoplasm (1981) (107)
- An electron microscope study of a silver stain for degenerating boutons. (1968) (106)
- Chapter II – The human basal forebrain. Part II (1999) (105)
- Projections of the olfactory tract fibers in the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). (1970) (102)
- THE SECONDARY OLFACTORY CONNECTIONS IN MAMMALS, REPTILES AND SHARKS * (1969) (100)
- The ventral striatopallidothalamic projection: II. The ventral pallidothalamic link (1987) (98)
- A note on the termination of commissural fibers in the neocortex. (1967) (97)
- Afferent connections of the interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure and adjacent amygdalostriatal transition area in the rat (1999) (97)
- Tracing of two‐neuron pathways in the olfactory system by the aid of transneuronal degeneration: Projections to the amygdaloid body and hippocampal formation (1982) (94)
- Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry: The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and Its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness (2007) (93)
- Iontophoretic injection of fluoro-gold and other fluorescent tracers. (1990) (83)
- Striatal and central extended amygdala parts of the interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure: Evidence from tract‐tracing techniques in the rat (2001) (75)
- Neuroanatomical tract-tracing methods, 2 : recent progress (1989) (71)
- Neuroanatomical tract-tracing 3 : molecules, neurons, and systems (2006) (70)
- Combinations of Tracer Techniques, Especially HRP and PHA-L, with Transmitter Identification for Correlated Light and Electron Microscopic Studies (1989) (69)
- Brainstem projection to the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus in the rat: A CCK-containing long ascending pathway (1984) (68)
- Supracapsular bed nucleus of the stria terminalis contains central and medial extended amygdala elements: Evidence from anterograde and retrograde tracing experiments in the rat (2000) (64)
- Silver impregnation of terminal degeneration in some forebrain fiber systems: a comparative evaluation of current methods (1967) (63)
- Pathways in The Brain (1971) (54)
- Olfactory bulb removal: effects on brain norepinephrine. (1969) (52)
- Bridging the Gap between Light and Electron Microscopy in the Experimental Tracing of Fiber Connections (1970) (51)
- The ventral striatopallidothalamic projection. III. Striatal cells of the olfactory tubercle establish direct synaptic contact with ventral pallidal cells projecting to mediodorsal thalamus (1987) (51)
- Quantitative determination of collateral anterior olfactory nucleus projections using a fluorescent tracer with an algebraic solution to the problem of double retrograde labeling (1984) (50)
- Silver impregnation of degenerating axons and their terminals on Epon-Araldite sections. (1969) (48)
- NMDA-antagonist MK-801-induced neuronal degeneration in Wistar rat brain detected by the Amino-Cupric-Silver method. (2003) (38)
- The basal forebrain projection to the region of the nuclei gemini in the rat; A combined light and electron microscopic study employing horseradish peroxidase, fluorescent tracers and Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin (1990) (35)
- Chapter I - The human basal forebrain. Part I. An overview (1999) (35)
- Silver staining as a tool for neurotoxic assessment. (1993) (33)
- Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Vol. 1: Methods in Chemical Neuroanatomy, A Björklund, T. Hökfelt (Eds.). Elsevier Science Publishers (1983), xxvi + 548, ISBN: 0444 90281 3 (1984) (33)
- The projection from the parataenial thalamic nucleus, as demonstrated by the Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) method, identifies a subterritorial organization of the ventral striatum (1986) (29)
- In vivo parahippocampal white matter pathology as a biomarker of disease progression to Alzheimer's disease (2013) (28)
- The olfactory connections of the diencephalon in the rat. An experimental light- and electron-microscopic study with special emphasis on the problem of terminal degeneration. (1972) (28)
- Synaptic contacts of ventral striatal cells in the olfactory tubercle of the rat: Correlated light and electron microscopy of anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin (1985) (27)
- Morphology and ultrastructure of anterior thalamic neurons solidly labeled with horseradish peroxidase (1980) (25)
- The legacy of the silver methods and the new anatomy of the basal forebrain: implications for neuropsychiatry and drug abuse. (2003) (24)
- The dorsal root distribution to the substantia gelatinosa of the rat with a note on the distribution in the cat (2004) (23)
- The Olfactory Connections of the Diencephalon in the Rat; pp. 504–523 (1972) (22)
- Mapping of transmitter-specific connections: Simultaneous demonstration of anterograde degeneration and changes in the immunostaining pattern induced by lesions (1985) (21)
- Olfactory Projections to the Diencephalon (1975) (19)
- Atlas of the Brain (1995) (17)
- Patterns of glucose use after bicuculline-induced convulsions in relationship to γ-aminobutyric acid and μ-opioid receptors in the ventral pallidum — functional markers for the ventral pallidum (1992) (17)
- THE ANATOMY OF THE BASAL FOREBRAIN (2008) (14)
- Ascending Sensory Pathways (1983) (13)
- A headholder for stereotaxic operations of small laboratory animals. (1971) (9)
- Amygdaloid input to transiently tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the rat (1996) (9)
- Drastic changes in the mating behaviour of male rats following lesions in the junction of diencephalon and mesencephalon (1964) (9)
- The Olfactory Tubercle: A Structure of Varying Stratification (1976) (7)
- An algebraic approach to the detection of multiple markers in complex neuronal systems (1984) (7)
- Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Methods 2 (1989) (7)
- Gross dissection of the human brain (2005) (6)
- Chapter 3 – Anatomical Methods for Tracing Connections in the Central Nervous System (1975) (6)
- Neuronal argyrophilia in early degenerative states: A light and electron-microscopic study of theGlees andNauta techniques (1967) (5)
- Instructional video. Dissection of the human brain. (2005) (5)
- The tracing of pathways in the central nervous system (1968) (5)
- Basal Ganglia and Related Basal Forebrain Structures (1995) (4)
- THE ERODING RELEVANCE OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM (2008) (4)
- COOPERATION AND COMPETITION OF MACROSYSTEM OUTPUTS (2008) (4)
- Designated Discussion / General Discussion (1972) (4)
- Amygdaloid Body and Extended Amygdala (1995) (3)
- THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; A CONCEPT IN PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR A DEFINITION (2008) (3)
- Neurological anatomy in relation to clinical medicine A. Brodal Third edition (1982) (3)
- The Cerebral Cortex and Thalamus (1995) (3)
- Spinal Cord Motor Structures and the Descending Supraspinal Pathways (1995) (2)
- The third quarter of the twentieth century; the golden age of the silver methods (1999) (2)
- Brain Stem, Monoaminergic Pathways, and Reticular Formation (1995) (2)
- Development of the Nervous System (1983) (2)
- THE GREATER LIMBIC LOBE (2008) (2)
- PERSPECTIVES ON BASAL FOREBRAIN ORGANIZATION AND PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (1992) (1)
- Brain Stem, Reticular Formation, and Monoaminergic Pathways (1983) (1)
- The “extended amygdala” as a receptor area for psychotherapeutic drugs (1987) (1)
- The Spinal Cord (1983) (0)
- MEDIA REVIEW Dissection of the Human Brain (2009) (0)
- Subject Index Vol. 6, 1972 (1972) (0)
- Amygdaloid Body, Hippocampal Formation, and “Limbic System” (1983) (0)
- P1-293: Predicting Alzheimer's disease by diffusion tensor imaging (2008) (0)
- The Autonomic Nervous System (1983) (0)
- The Hypothalamus and the Hypothalamohypophysial Systems (1995) (0)
- Acknowledgments of anatomical advances. (2004) (0)
- Dissection of the Brain (1995) (0)
- Neuroanatomy for psychiatrists (2002) (0)
- Neuronal Transmitters and Modulators (1983) (0)
- Basic Design and Terminology (1983) (0)
- Hypothalamus and the Hypothalamohypophysial System (1983) (0)
- Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid (1983) (0)
- Krieg Cortical Kudos (1993) (0)
- The Lower Motor Neuron and the Descending Supraspinal Pathways (1983) (0)
- Neurohistology and Neuroanatomic Techniques (1983) (0)
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