Noradrenergic innervation of pyramidal cells in the rat basolateral amygdala

Neuroscience

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 395-408

  Zhang, J ^a   Muller, J F ^a   McDonald, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Norepinephrine; Norepinephrine transporter

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84870199469     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.035     Document Type: Article

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