Pattern of distribution of serotonergic fibers to the orbitomedial and insular cortex in the rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 48-49, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-45

  Linley, Stephanie B ^a   Hoover, Walter B ^a   Vertes, Robert P ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective behavior; Learning memory; Limbic forebrain; Medial prefrontal cortex; Orbital cortex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84875540938     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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