Topographic organization of serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons projecting to the superior colliculus in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-355

  Janušonis, Skirmantas ^a   Fite, Katherine V ^a   Foote, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Dorsal tegmental nucleus; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Serotonin (5 HT); Topography; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GERBIL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344200120     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19991018)413:2<342::aid-cne12>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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