Basal forebrain cholinergic system of the anuran amphibian Rana perezi: Evidence for a shared organization pattern with amniotes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 494, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 961-975

  Sánchez Camacho, Cristina ^a,b   López, Jesús M ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Catecholamines; Immunohistochemistry; Septum; Serotonin; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXTRAN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FOREBRAIN; FROG; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PEREZI; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; STRIA TERMINALIS; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RANIDAE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 30344459997     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20833     Document Type: Article

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