| Literature DB >> 2885073 |
Y Kubota, S Inagaki, S Shimada, S Kito, F Eckenstein, M Tohyama.
Abstract
We used an electron microscopic 'mirror technique' to determine whether cholinergic neurons are in direct synaptic contact with dopaminergic axons in the rat neostriatum. Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive axons make synaptic contacts with the somata and proximal dendrites of large choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive striatal neurons which are thought to be interneurons. This provides morphological evidence that nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons can influence monosynaptically the striatal cholinergic neurons.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2885073 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90167-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252