Postnatal development of the cholinergic innervation in the dorsal hippocampus of rat: Quantitative light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 486, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-75

  Aznavour, Nicolas ^a   Watkins, Kenneth C ^a   Descarries, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ACh; Axon; ChAT; Choline acetyltransferase; Distribution; Immunocytochemistry; Ontogeny; Varicosities

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VARICOSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 17644417076     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20501     Document Type: Article

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