Nucleus accumbens in the lizard Psammodromus algirus: Chemoarchitecture and cortical afferent connections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-31

  Guirado, Salvador ^a   Dávila, Jose Carlos ^a   Real, M Ángeles ^a   Medina, Loreta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Hippocampus; Reptile; Ultrastructure; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0344197056     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990301)405:1<15::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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