Distribution and morphology of putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the brain of the greater canerat, Thryonomys swinderianus

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-122

  Dwarika, Sarika ^a   Maseko, Busisiwe C ^a   Ihunwo, Amadi O ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mammal; Neural systems; Rodent; Serotonin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; RAPHE NUCLEI; RETICULAR FORMATION; RODENTIA; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 37349128498     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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