Central innervation of the rat ependyma and subcommissural organ with special reference to ascending serotoninergic projections from the raphe nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 556-568

  Mikkelsen, Jens D ^a,c   Hay Schmidt, Anders ^b   Larsen, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricles; Neural tracing; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; EPENDYMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EPENDYMA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

EID: 0030755615     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970811)384:4<556::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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