The distribution and origin of the calretinin-containing innervation of the nucleus accumbens of the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1591-1598

  Bubser, Michael ^a,b   Scruggs, Jennifer L ^a   Young, Cheryl D ^a   Deutch, Ariel Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Fluoro gold; Paraventricular thalamic nucleus; Striatum; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0034064760     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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