Normal development of tyrosine hydroxylase and serotonin immunoreactive fibers innervating anterior cingulate cortex and visual cortex in rabbits exposed prenatally to cocaine

Brain Research

Volumn 715, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Wang, Xiao Hui ^a   Levitt, Pat ^b   Jenkins, Ann O'Brien ^a   Murphy, E Hazel ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

catecholamine; cocaine; cortex; development; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029988022     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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