Callosal terminals in the rat prefrontal cortex: Synaptic targets and association with GABA-immunoreactive structures

Synapse

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-205

  Carr, David B ^a   Sesack, Susan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Infralimbic cortex; Interneuron; Prelimbic cortex; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031806616     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199807)29:3<193::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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