Preferential localization of monoamine oxidase type A activity in neurons of the locusc coeruleus and type B activity in neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus of the rat: A detailed enzyme histochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 352-356

  Arai, Ryohachi ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^b   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^a   Maeda, Toshihiro ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clorgyline; Deprenyl; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Monoamine oxidase; Serotonin; Tyramine; Phenylethylamine

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; CLORGYLINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PHENETHYLAMINE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031023625     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01239-5     Document Type: Article

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