Evidence that dopaminergic axons provide a dense innervation of specific neuronal subpopulations in the rat basolateral amygdala

Brain Research

Volumn 850, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Brinley Reed, Margaret ^a   McDonald, Alexander J ^b  

^a Mathematics and Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Catecholamine; Dopamine; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Parvalbumin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032731522     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02112-5     Document Type: Article

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