Organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic nuclei in the diencephalon, mibrain and pons of sub-adult male giraffes

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-203

  Bux, Faiza ^a   Bhagwandin, Adhil ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Acetylcholine; Artiodactyla; Dopamine; Evolution; Mammal; Noradrenalin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; GIRAFFE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIENCEPHALON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PONS; RUMINANTS; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 76049115707     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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