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Projections from the nucleus accumbens to cholinergic neurons of the ventral pallidum: a correlated light and electron microscopic double-immunolabeling study in rat. Brain Res 1992 Jan 20;570(1-2):92-101

Date

01/20/1992

Pubmed ID

1617433

DOI

10.1016/0006-8993(92)90568-t

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026571262 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   124 Citations

Abstract

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.

Author List

Záborszky L, Cullinan WE

Author

William E. Cullinan PhD Adjunct Associate Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acetylcholine
Animals
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
Globus Pallidus
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Microscopy
Microscopy, Electron
Neural Pathways
Neurons
Nucleus Accumbens
Phytohemagglutinins
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains