Efferent projections of the retrorubral nucleus to the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in cats as shown by anterograde tracing

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-228

  Arts, M P M ^a   Groenewegen, H J ^b   Veening, J G ^a   Cools, A R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Anatomy and Embryology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A10; A8; A9; Biotinylated dextran amine; Dopamine; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTIN; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EFFERENT NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0029947082     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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