Input from central nucleus of the amygdala efferents to pericoerulear dendrites, some of which contain tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-302

  Van Bockstaele, E J ^a,b   Chan, J ^a   Pickel, V M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic regulation; inhibitory amino acid; norepinephrine; stress

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0029743375     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19960801)45:3<289::aid-jnr11>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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