A morphometric evidence for a hyperfunctioning mesolimbic system in an animal model of ADHD

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 181-189

  Viggiano, Davide ^a   Grammatikopoulos, Gerasimos ^b   Sadile, Adolfo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Neurophysiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cytochrome oxidase; Dopamine; Genetic models; Mesolimbic system; Naples lines; Nigrostriatal system; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DOPAMINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0037051138     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00423-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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