Synaptic characteristics between cortical cells in the rat prefrontal cortex and axon terminals from the ventral tegmental area that utilize different neurotransmitters

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1443-1459

  Yokofujita, Junko ^a   Oda, Satoko ^a   Igarashi, Hiroaki ^a   Sato, Fumi ^a   Kuroda, Masaru ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic inputs; Electron microscope; GABAergic inputs; Immunocytochemistry; Prelimbic cortex; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 51849084831     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701870253     Document Type: Article

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