Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: Catecholaminergic innervation of the striatum and the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-69

  Marín, Oscar ^a   Smeets, Wilhelmus J A J ^b   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catecholamines; locus coeruleus; retrograde tracing; solitary tract nucleus; ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; CORPUS STRIATUM; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROSENCEPHALON; RANIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031024533     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970203)378:1<50::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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