Distribution and phenotype of Phox2a-Containing neurons in the adult Sprague-Dawley rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2202-2220

  Patrick Card, J ^a   Lois, James ^a   Sved, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Dopamine hydroxylase; NADPH diaphorase; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PHOX2A; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL COUNT; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77952112986     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22327     Document Type: Article

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