Gabaergic and cholinergic basal forebrain and preoptic-anterior hypothalamic projections to the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in the cat

Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-178

  Gritti, I ^a   Mariotti, M ^a   Mancia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Preoptic anterior hypothalamus; Retrograde transport; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROSENCEPHALON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031960068     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00573-3     Document Type: Article

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