Evidence for broad versus segregated projections from cholinergic and noradrenergic nuclei to functionally and anatomically discrete subregions of prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Waterhouse, Barry D ^a   Chandler, Daniel ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anterior cingulate cortex; Locus coeruleus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Norepinephrine; Nucleus basalis of meynert; Orbitofrontal cortex; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EFFERENT NERVE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 84864383647     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00020     Document Type: Article

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