Tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons in the spinal cord of the chicken. I. Development and analysis of catecholamine synthesis capabilities

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-648

  Wallace, James A ^a,b   Romero, Audrey A ^a   Gabaldon, Anna M ^a   Roe, Victoria A ^a   Saavedra, Sandra L ^a   Lobner, Jerinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

chick embryo; CSF contacting neurons; dopamine immunocytochemistry; evolution; spinal cord; tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; HATCHING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CATECHOLAMINES; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NIALAMIDE; PARGYLINE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030468692     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02151901     Document Type: Article

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