The selective neurotoxin DSP-4 impairs the noradrenergic projections from the locus coeruleus to the inferior colliculus in rats

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Hormigo, Sebastián ^a,b   e Horta, Josá de Anchieta de Castro ^c   Gómez Nieto, Ricardo ^a,b   López, Dolores E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Densitometry; Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency; Immunohistochemistry; Neurotoxicity; Noradrenergic efferents; Noradrenergic modulation; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; AMINE; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 85171931785     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00041     Document Type: Article

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