Origin of the dopaminergic innervation of the central extended amygdala and accumbens shell: A combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemical study in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-33

  Hasue, Renata H ^a   Shammah Lagnado, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central amygdaloid nucleus; Periaqueductal gray; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral striatum; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOPOGRAPHY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STILBAMIDINES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0037078411     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10420     Document Type: Article

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