Projections from the rat prefrontal cortex to the ventral tegmental area: Target specificity in the synaptic associations with mesoaccumbens and mesocortical neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3864-3873

  Carr, David B ^a   Sesack, Susan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA; Infralimbic cortex; Nucleus accumbens; Prelimbic cortex; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0034657698     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03864.2000     Document Type: Article

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