Noradrenaline-degrading activity of monoamine oxidase is localized in noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Hasegawa, Yoshimi ^a   Hida, Takehiko ^a   Arai, Ryohachi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Monoamine oxidase; Noradrenergic neurons; Serotonergic neurons; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CLORGYLINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033515701     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00154-8     Document Type: Article

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