Local-circuit neurones in the medial prefrontal cortex (areas 25, 32 and 24b) in the rat: Morphology and quantitative distribution

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-499

  Gabbott, Paul L A ^a   Dickie, Brian G M ^a   Vaid, R Roy ^a   Headlam, Anthony J N ^a   Bacon, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcium binding proteins; cortical modules; GABA; limbic system; NADPH diaphorase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; INTERNEURON; MALE; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031030308     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970127)377:4<465::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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