Acetylcholine innervation of sensory and motor neocortical areas in adult cat: A choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemical study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-130

  Avendano C ^a   Umbriaco, D ^b   Dykes, R W ^b   Descarries, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Auditory cortex; Motor cortex; Somatosensory cortex; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030220260     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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