A light and electron microscopic study of NADPH-diaphorase-, calretinin- and parvalbumin-containing neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-39

  Hussain, Zubair ^a   Johnson, Luke R ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core; Electron microscope; Interneurons; Shell; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; PARVALBUMIN; PEROXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030002983     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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