Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study of dopaminergic terminals in the striatal portion of the pigeon basal ganglia using antisera against tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-124

  Karle, Ellen J ^a   Anderson, Keith D ^b   Medina, Loreta ^a   Reiner, Anton ^a  

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

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

nigrostriatal system; substantia nigra; synapses; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; COLUMBIDAE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0029887689     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960520)369:1<109::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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