Expression of galanin and nitric oxide synthase in subpopulations of serotonin neurons of the rat dorsal raphe nucleus

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-187

  Xu, Zhi Qing David ^a   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Coexistence; Neuropeptides; Projections; Retrograde tracing; Striatum

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GALANIN; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STAINING AND LABELING; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 17144462696     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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