Comparative immunohistochemical study of the dopaminergic systems in two inbred mouse strains (C57BL/6J and DBA/2J)

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-74

  D'Este, Loredana ^a   Casini, Arianna ^a   Puglisi Allegra, Stefano ^a,b   Cabib, Simona ^a,b   Renda, Tindaro G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter; Galanin; Mesocortical pathways; Mesolimbic pathways; Neurotensin; Prefrontal cortex; Vesicular monoamine transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GALANIN; NEUROTENSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOPAMINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 33847686306     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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