Ultrastructural localization of CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) peptides in the nucleus accumbens of monkeys

Synapse

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-94

  Smith, Yoland ^a,b   Koylu, Ersin O ^a   Couceyro, Pastor ^a   Kuhar, Michael J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotransmitter; Drug abuse; GABA; Neuropeptide; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MONKEY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SAIMIRI;

EID: 0030799495     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199709)27:1<90::AID-SYN10>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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