The relationships between neurons containing dopamine and nitric oxide synthase in the ventral tegmental area

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Klejbor, I ^a   Domaradzka Pytel, B ^a   Ludkiewicz, B ^a   Wojcik S ^a   Morys J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Rat; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 2642554928     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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