Axo-axonic structures in the medial prefrontal cortex of the rat: Reduction by prenatal exposure to cocaine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5227-5234

  Morrow, Bret A ^a   Elsworth, John D ^a   Roth, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candle; Cartridge; Development; Dopamine; GABA transporter 1; GAT 1

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; PARVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHANDELIER CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; VENTRAL PRELIMBIC CORTEX;

EID: 0037775768     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-05227.2003     Document Type: Article

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