Distribution of various neurochemicals within the zona incerta: An immunocytochemical and histochemical study

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-280

  Kolmac, Christian ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cat; Immunocytochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Rat; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033064048     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050227     Document Type: Article

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