Dendrites of locus coeruleus neurons extend preferentially into two pericoerulear zones

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-68

  Shipley, Michael T ^a   Fu, Libang ^a   Ennis, Matthew ^a   Liu, Wei Lin ^a   Aston Jones, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; dopamine hydroxylase (DBH); lateral dorsal tegmental nucleus; norepinephrine (NE); pontine central gray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030070082     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960129)365:1<56::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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