The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rats - I. Forebrain gabaergic innervation

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-102

  Churchill, L ^a   Zahm, D S ^b   Kalivas, P W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine tone; GABAergic projection; Mesolimbic locomotor circuit; Prefrontal cortex; Ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029655287     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00351-I     Document Type: Article

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