Cellular and subcellular sites for noradrenergic action in the monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as revealed by the immunocytochemical localization of noradrenergic receptors and axons

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Aoki, Chiye ^a   Venkatesan, Charu ^a   Go, C G ^a   Forman, Robin ^a   Kurose, Hitoshi ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0031969786     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.3.269     Document Type: Article

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