Characterization of the extent of pontomesencephalic cholinergic neurons' projections to the thalamus: Comparison with projections to midbrain dopaminergic groups

Neuroscience

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 529-547

  Oakman, S A ^a   Faris, P L ^a   Cozzari, C ^b   Hartman, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Collaterals; Laterodorsal tegmental; NADPH diaphorase; Pedunculopontine; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032869020     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00307-3     Document Type: Article

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