Postnatal development of septal projections to the midbrain central gray in female rats: Tract-tracing analysis with DiI

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Kouki, Tom ^a   Yamanouchi, Korehito ^a  

^a Neuroendocrinology   (Japan)

Author keywords

DiI; Midbrain central gray; Postnatal development; Rats; Septal projections

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FROZEN SECTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARBOCYANINES; FEMALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 33751009641     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.085     Document Type: Article

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