Mesostriatal and mesolimbic projections of midbrain neurons immunoreactive for estrogen receptor beta or androgen receptors in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 476, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-362

  Creutz, Lela M ^a,b   Kritzer, Mary F ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Stony Brook   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Caudate putamen; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLUOROGOLD; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROSENCEPHALON; PUTAMEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 3543110357     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20229     Document Type: Article

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