Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of noncholinergic basal forebrain neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-204

  Pang, K ^a,b   Tepper, J M ^a   Zaborszky, L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Choline acetyltransferase; GABA; Juxtacellular labeling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOCYTIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA;

EID: 0032482165     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980504)394:2<186::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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