Dopamine-β-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in the human brainstem

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Kitahama, K ^a   Sakamoto, N ^b   Jouvet, A ^a   Nagatsu, I ^c   Pearson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Catecholamines; Dopamine hydroxylase; Human; Neurons; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029950037     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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