Glutamatergic neurons are present in the rat ventral tegmental area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-118

  Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sheen, Whitney ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Midbrain; Reward; Sprague Dawley rat; Substantia nigra; VGluT2

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 33846186743     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05263.x     Document Type: Article

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