Axonal branching patterns of nucleus accumbens neurons in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4649-4673

  Tripathi, Anushree ^a   Prensa, Lucía ^b   Cebrían, Carolina ^a   Mengual, Elisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axonal collateralization; Basal ganglia; Limbic system; Reward; Single axon tracing; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 77957954287     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22484     Document Type: Article

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