Distribution and origin of the catecholaminergic innervation in the amphibian mesencephalic tectum

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-333

  Sánchez Camacho, Cristina ^a   Marín, Oscar ^b   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Dopamine; Locus coeruleus; Optic tectum; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PLEURODELES WALTL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PEREZI; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; PLEURODELES; RANIDAE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0036591135     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523802192091     Document Type: Article

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