Serotonergic innervation and serotonin receptor expression of NPY-producing neurons in the rat lateral and basolateral amygdaloid nuclei

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-435

  Bonn, M ^a   Schmitt, A ^a   Lesch, K P ^a   Van Bockstaele, E J ^b   Asan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; NPY; Serotonergic system

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84878840017     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0406-5     Document Type: Article

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