Aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase-immunoreactive structures in human midbrain, pons, and medulla

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-140

  Kitahama, Kunio ^a   Ikemoto, Keiko ^b   Jouvet, Anne ^c   Araneda, Silvia ^a   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^d   Raynaud, Brigitte ^a   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^e   Nishi, Katsuji ^f   Niwa, Shin ichi ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^f SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HT; AADC; Brain; Catecholamines; Decarboxylase; Human; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 68549125045     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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