The organization of the brainstem and spinal cord of the mouse: Relationships between monoaminergic, cholinergic, and spinal projection systems

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-36

  VanderHorst, Veronique G J M ^a,b,c,d   Ulfhake, Brun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; C57BL 6; CD 1; Dopaminergic; Immunohistochemistry; Noradrenergic; Retrograde tracing; Serotonergic

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; STEREOTAXIS; TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OVARIECTOMY; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 29244479493     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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