Afferents of the ventral tegmental area in the rat-anatomical substratum for integrative functions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 490, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-294

  Geisler, Stefanie ^a   Zahm, Daniel S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Connections; Dopamine; Lateral hypothalamus; Network; Reward; VTA

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; FLUOROGOLD; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REWARD; SENSORY NERVE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 23744454605     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20668     Document Type: Article

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