Differential projections from the lateral habenula to the rostromedial tegmental nucleus and ventral tegmental area in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1278-1300

  Gonçalves, Luciano ^a,b   Sego, Chemutai ^a   Metzger, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aversion; Dopamine; Mesopontine tegmentum; Motor suppression; Raphe nuclei; Reward

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HABENULA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HABENULA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; TISSUE SECTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; HABENULA; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84856710306     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22787     Document Type: Article

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