c-Fos immunohistochemical localization of neurons in the mesencephalic locomotor region in the rat brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 793-803

  Brudzynski, S M ^a   Wang, D ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

c Fos; locomotor activity; mesencephalic locomotor region; picrotoxin; rat; subpallidal region

Indexed keywords

PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030561410     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00284-9     Document Type: Article

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