Comparative analysis of the nucleus basalis of Meynert among primates

Neuroscience

Volumn 184, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-15

  Raghanti, M A ^a   Simic, G ^b   Watson, S ^a   Stimpson, C D ^c   Hof, P R ^d   Sherwood, C C ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ch4; Choline acetyltransferase; Nucleus subputaminalis; Substantia innominata

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBUS; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CHIMPANZEE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GOLDEN GUENON; GOLDEN MANGABEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIAMANG; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER MONKEY; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 79956011905     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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