Abstract
The origin of the dopaminergic innervation of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus was examined in the rat. Employing a combination of fluorescent retrograde tracing and immunofluorescence histochemistry for tyrosine hydroxylase, we found that this innervation predominantly takes origin from the mesencephalic A8 and A10 catecholamine cell groups.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Axonal Transport
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Dopamine / physiology*
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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Fluorescent Dyes
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Male
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Thalamic Nuclei / anatomy & histology*
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Thalamic Nuclei / cytology
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Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism
Substances
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Fluorescent Dyes
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Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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Dopamine