The axonal arborization of single nigrostriatal neurons in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 834, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 228-232

  Gauthier, Julie ^a   Parent, Martin ^a   Lévesque, Martin ^a   Parent, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Huntington's disease; Nigropallidal projection; Nigrostriatal pathway; Parkinson's disease; Single cell labeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL LABELING; FEMALE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0033542803     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01573-5     Document Type: Article

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