Morphologic and immunohistochemical organization of the human habenular complex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3727-3747

  Díaz, Eugenia ^a,b   Bravo, Daniela ^a   Rojas, Ximena ^a,b   Concha, Miguel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b National Center for Health Information Systems CENS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Habenular complex; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Subnuclear organization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHALAMUS; HABENULA; HABENULAR COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIA MEDULLARIS; STRIATE CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIENCEPHALON; HABENULA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054706961     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22687     Document Type: Article

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