Spatial relationship between neurotensinergic axons and cholinergic neurons in the rat basal forebrain: A light microscopic study with three-dimensional reconstruction

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Morin, André J ^a   Tajani, Mario ^a   Jones, Barbara E ^a   Beaudet, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal nucleus; Diagonal band of Broca; Double immunohistochemistry; Globus pallidus; Septum; Substantia innominata

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUROTENSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE FIBER; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0029951779     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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