Cholinergic basal forebrain projections to nitric oxide synthase- containing neurons in the rat cerebral cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 827-836

  Vaucher, E ^a   Linville, D ^a   Hamel, E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterograde transport; Basal forebrain; Cortical microcirculation; Immunocytochemistry; Nitric oxide; Substantia innominata

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IBOTENIC ACID; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030839413     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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