Distribution, quantification, and morphological characteristics of serotonin-immunoreactive cells of the supralemniscal nucleus (B9) and pontomesencephalic reticular formation in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-424

  Vertes, Robert P ^a   Crane, Alison M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; brainstem; dorsal raphe; medial lemniscus; median raphe

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031053613     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970217)378:3<411::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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