PROJECTIONS FROM THE NUCLEUS-ACCUMBENS TO CHOLINERGIC NEURONS OF THE VENTRAL PALLIDUM - A CORRELATED LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC DOUBLE-IMMUNOLABELING STUDY IN RAT

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作者
ZABORSZKY, L
CULLINAN, WE
机构
[1] UNIV VIRGINIA, HLTH SCI CTR, DEPT NEUROSURG, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22908 USA
[2] UNIV VIRGINIA, HLTH SCI CTR, DEPT NEUROL, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22908 USA
关键词
CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS LEUKOAGGLUTININ; BASAL GANGLIA CIRCUITRY;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(92)90568-T
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
A correlated light- and electron microscopic double-immunolabeling study combining choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry with anterograde tracing of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) revealed that axons of the nucleus accumbens terminate on cholinergic neurons of the ventral pallidum. These findings are discussed with respect to the possibility that these cholinergic neurons may be part of parallel circuits, providing feedback to the same cortical and amygdaloid areas which innervate the nucleus accumbens.
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