Loss of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in dendrites is a sensitive index of kainic acid-induced damage in rat substantia nigra neurons in vivo

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-8

  Bywood, Petra T ^a   Johnson, Stephen M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Dendrite damage; Dopamine; Excitatory amino acid; Neurotoxic; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; KAINIC ACID; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033973598     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00990-8     Document Type: Article

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