Neurotransmitter characteristics of neurons projecting to the supramammillary nucleus of the rat

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-392

  Gonzalo Ruiz, A ^a   Morte, L ^a   Flecha, J M ^a   Sanz, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Excitatory amino acid; GABA; Mesencephalic tegmental nuclei; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SUBICULUM; SUPRAMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032836650     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050287     Document Type: Article

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