Evidence for a regional specificity in the density and distribution of noradrenergic varicosities in rat cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2195-2207

  Agster, Kara L ^a   Mejias Aponte, Carlos A ^b   Clark, Brian D ^a   Waterhouse, Barry D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locus coeruleus; Motor; Norepinephrine; Prefrontal; Somatosensory; Stereology

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VENTRAL POSTERIOR MEDIAL THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; MALE; METHYL GREEN; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84876740290     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23270     Document Type: Article

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