Synaptic contacts between serotonergic and cholinergic neurons in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 553-563

  Wang, Q P ^a   Guan, J L ^a   Shioda, S ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Immunogold silver; Nucleus raphe dorsalis; Serotonin; Silver gold intensification; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PAIN; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034107453     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00605-3     Document Type: Article

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