Projections from the rat cuneiform nucleus to the A7, A6 (locus coeruleus), and A5 pontine noradrenergic cell groups

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 50-51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-20

  Bajic, Dusica ^a   Proudfit, Herbert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

A5 cell group; A7 cell group; Anterograde tracer; Biotinylated dextran amine; Locus coeruleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84877598542     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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