Individual nucleus accumbens-projection neurons receive both basolateral amygdala and ventral subicular afferents in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-31

  French, S J ^a   Totterdell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; Electron microscopy; Glutamatergic; Hippocampus; Limbic; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE; SUBICULUM; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0038325579     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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