Distribution of dopamine immunoreactivity in the rat, cat, and monkey spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 631-652

  Holstege, J C ^a   Van Dijken, H ^a   Buijs, R M ^b   Goedknegt, H ^a   Gosens, T ^a   Bongers, C M H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; motoneuron; parasympathetic; sexually dimorphic nuclei; sympathetic

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030463454     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961223)376:4<631::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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