Nuclear organization and morphology of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the brains of two species of African mole-rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-387

  Bhagwandin, Adhil ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Bennett, Nigel C ^c   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PUTATIVE NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIENCEPHALON; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLE RATS; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 43649101569     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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