Cytoarchitecture and efferent projections of the nucleus incertus of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-97

  Olucha Bordonau, Francisco E ^a   Teruel, Vicent ^a   Barcia González, Jorge ^a   Ruiz Torner, Amparo ^a   Valverde Navarro, Alfonso A ^a   Martínez Soriano, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Circadian rhythm; Emotion; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Raphe nuclei

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS INCERTUS; PARS COMPACTA; PARS DISSIPATA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIKARYON; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REUNIENS NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THETA RHYTHM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0042308396     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10774     Document Type: Article

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