Direct projections from the pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei to area 17 of the visual cortex in the cat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Higo, Shigeyoshi ^a   Matsuyama, Tomoo ^a   Kawamura, Syosuke ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Cholinergic cell; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT); Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPT); Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030272794     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01079-6     Document Type: Article

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