Glutamatergic projection from the nucleus incertus to the septohippocampal system

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-76

  Cervera Ferri, Ana ^a   Rahmani, Yasamin ^a   Martínez Bellver, Sergio ^a   Teruel Martí, Vicent ^a   Martínez Ricós, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Glutamate; Nucleus incertus; Septohippocampal; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS INCERTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEPTOHIPPOCAMPUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TISSUE FIXATION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84861199647     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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