Probing the diversity of serotonin neurons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1601, 2012, Pages 2382-2394

  Gaspar, Patricia ^a,b,c   Lillesaar, Christina ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Axon tracing; Development; Synapse; Tryptophane hydroxylase; Vesicular glutamate transporter 3

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; RODENT;

DANIO RERIO; MUS;

EID: 84864228128     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0378     Document Type: Review

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