Ultrastructural features of tyrosine-hydroxylase-immunoreactive afferents and their targets in the rat amygdala

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 449-469

  Asan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Connections; Dopamine; Immunocytochemistry; Neuronal ultrastructure; Quantitation; Rat (Wistar)

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030950648     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050832     Document Type: Article

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