Efferent projections of the nucleus accumbens in the rat with special reference to subdivision of the nucleus: Biotinylated dextran amine study

Brain Research

Volumn 797, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-93

  Usuda, Iwao ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Chiba, Tanemichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Biotinylated dextran amine; Efferent projection; Nucleus accumbens; Shell and core of nucleus accumbens; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOTINYLATION; EFFERENT NERVE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOTIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEXTRANS; DIENCEPHALON; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032557866     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00359-X     Document Type: Article

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