Cholinergic and noncholinergic tegmental pedunculopontine projection neurons in rats revealed by intracellular labeling

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-361

  Takakusaki, K ^a,b   Shiroyama, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a,c   Kitai, S T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biocytin; brain slice preparation; brainstem; ChAT immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0029846635     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960729)371:3<345::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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