Serotonin axons of the neostriatum show a higher affinity for striatal than for ventral mesencephalic transplants: A quantitative study in adult and immature recipient rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-115

  Pierret, P ^a   Vallee A ^a   Bosler, O ^b   Dorais, M ^c   Moukhles, H ^a   Abbaszadeh, R ^a   Lepage, Y ^c   Doucet, G ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Axon guidance; Chemoaffinity; Monoamine uptake; Neural transplantation; Quantification; Striatal primordium; Ventral mesencephalon

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0031819134     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6823     Document Type: Article

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