Ultrastructural study of cholinergic and noncholinergic neurons in the pars compacta of the rat pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-301

  Steininger, Teresa L ^a   Wainer, Bruce H ^b   Rye, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bouton covering ratio; ChAT immunohistochemistry; Electron microscopy; Synaptic organization

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030923709     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970609)382:3<285::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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