The intrinsic organization of the central extended amygdala

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 217-241

  Cassell, Martin D ^a   Freedman, Lorin J ^b   Shi, Changjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOPAMINE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; NEUROTENSIN; PEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULA; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032815044     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09270.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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