The chemical architecture of the rat's periaqueductal gray based on acetylcholinesterase histochemistry: A quantitative and qualitative study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 295-312

  Ruiz Torner, Amparo ^a   Olucha Bordonau, Francisco ^a   Valverde Navarro, Alfonso A ^a   Martínez Soriano, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Defense; Emotion; Fear; Mesencephalon; Pain; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0034961117     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(01)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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