Ultrastructural localization of the serotonin 2A receptor in dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area

Brain Research

Volumn 864, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-185

  Doherty, Michael D ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical antipsychotic; Dopamine; GABA; Mesolimbic; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0034640439     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02062-X     Document Type: Article

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