Nuclear parcellation of certain immunohistochemically identifiable neuronal systems in the midbrain and pons of the Highveld molerat (Cryptomys hottentotus)

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Da Silva, Jessica N ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; Evolution; Neuromodulation; Noradrenalin; Rodent; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RODENT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VISION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLE RATS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 29244491136     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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