Differential Distribution Patterns From Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Dorsal Raphe to the Locus Coeruleus in Rats

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1192-1201

  Lu, Yuefeng ^a   Simpson, Kimberly L ^a,b   Weaver, Kristin J ^c   Lin, Rick C S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe; Locus coeruleus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PERI LOCUS CERULEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862521425     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22505     Document Type: Article

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