The distribution and morphological characteristics of serotonergic cells in the brain of monotremes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 315-332

  Manger, Paul R ^a,c   Fahringer, Heidi M ^a   Pettigrew, John D ^b   Siegel, Jerome M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Echidna; Evolution; Mammals; Monotremes; Platypus; Serotonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; INFUNDIBULUM; MAMMAL; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REPTILE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ECHIDNA; EPENDYMA; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; THIRD VENTRICLE;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036902689     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067194     Document Type: Article

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