Septal projections to nucleus incertus in the rat: Bidirectional pathways for modulation of hippocampal function

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 565-588

  Sánchez Pérez, Ana M ^a   Arnal Vicente, Isabel ^b   Santos, Fabio N ^c   Pereira, Celia W ^c   Elmlili, Nisrin ^d   Sanjuan, Julio ^b   Ma, Sherie ^e,f   Gundlach, Andrew L ^e,f   Olucha Bordonau, Francisco E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^d Inst de Form aux Carrieres de S   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arousal; Calretinin; GABA; Nucleus incertus; Septohippocampal system; Spatial and emotional learning; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; CALB2 PROTEIN, RAT; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; PARVALBUMIN; STILBAMIDINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS INCERTUS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PONS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CALBINDIN 2; CALBINDINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 84921453399     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23687     Document Type: Article

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