Do all of human midbrain tyrosine hydroxylase neurons synthesize dopamine?

Brain Research

Volumn 805, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Ikemoto, Keiko ^a   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^a   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^b   Nishi, Katsuji ^b   Arai, Ryohachi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Dopamine; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032517166     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00661-1     Document Type: Article

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