Synaptology of ventral CA1 and subiculum projections to the basomedial nucleus of the amygdala in the mouse: Relation to GABAergic interneurons

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-17

  Muller M ^a   Faber Zuschratter, H ^a   Yanagawa, Y ^b,c   Stork, O ^a   Schwegler, H ^a   Linke, Rüdiger ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electron microscopy; GABA; GAD; GFP; Hippocampus; Synapse

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC INTERNEURON; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAD1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RHODAMINES; SYNAPSES;

MUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84856281204     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0326-9     Document Type: Article

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