Quantitative and morphometric data indicate precise cellular interactions between serotonin terminals and postsynaptic targets in rat substantia nigra

Neuroscience

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1159-1171

  Moukhles, H ^a   Bosler, O ^b   Bolam, J P ^c   Vallee A ^a   Umbriaco, D ^a   Geffard, M ^d   Doucet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MRC Anat Neuropharmacology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

cellular interactions; dark neurons; dopamine neurons; serotonin innervation; substantia nigra; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0031012377     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00452-6     Document Type: Article

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