Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase is present in serotonergic fibers of the striatum of the rat. A double-labeling immunofluorescence study

Brain Research

Volumn 706, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-179

  Arai, Ryohachi ^a   Karasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Cerebral cortex; Dopamine; L Dopa; Parkinson's disease; Raphe nucleus; Serotonergic neuron; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CORPUS STRIATUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0029671293     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01281-8     Document Type: Article

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