Projections from basal forebrain to prefrontal cortex comprise cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic inputs to pyramidal cells or interneurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 654-670

  Henny, Pablo ^b   Jones, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gephyrin; PSD 95; VAChT; VGAT; VGluT

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINE; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; INTERNEURON; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 39049154804     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06029.x     Document Type: Article

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