Distribution of high affinity choline transporter immunoreactivity in the primate central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 463, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-357

  Kus, Laura ^a   Borys, Ewa ^a   Chu, Ya Ping ^a   Ferguson, Shawn M ^c   Blakely, Randy D ^c,d   Emborg, Marina E ^a   Kordower, Jeffrey H ^a   Levey, Allan I ^b   Mufson, Elliott J ^a,e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Immunohistochemistry; Primate

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; COTRANSPORTER;

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STAINING; STRIA TERMINALIS; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037480098     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10759     Document Type: Article

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