Choline Acetyltransferase Positive Neurons in the Laboratory Shrew (Suncus murinus) Brain: Coexistence of ChAT/5-HT (Raphe dorsalis) and ChAT/TH (Locus ceruleus)

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-407

  Karasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Terumi ^a   Yamada, Keiki ^b   Iwasa, Mineo ^a   Isomura, Genzoh ^c  

^a SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Immunohistochemistry; Laboratory shrew; Serotonin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PONS ANGLE; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 0242458414     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.36.399     Document Type: Article

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