Immunogold localization of the dopamine transporter: An ultrastructural study of the rat ventral tegmental area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4037-4044

  Nirenberg, Melissa J ^a   Chan, June ^a   Vaughan, Roxanne A ^b   Uhl, George R ^b,c   Kuhar, Michael J ^d   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphetamine; cocaine; dendritic release; dopamine; electron microscopy; immunogold; mesocorticolimbic; midbrain; neurotoxicity; plasma membrane; transporter; ultrastructure; uptake; ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030970610     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04037.1997     Document Type: Article

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