Innervation of the medial prefrontal cortex by tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive fibers during adolescence in male and female rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 583-589

  Willing, Jari ^a   Cortes, Laura R ^a   Brodsky, Joseph M ^a   Kim, Taehyeon ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; development; dopamine; Long Evans rat; puberty

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 85020063316     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21525     Document Type: Article

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