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The catecholamine norepinephrine is probably utilized as a neurotransmitter by a small but important fraction of the neurons in the brain (Wurtman, 1966). The cell bodies of most of these neurons are localized within the brain stem; their terminals are present in high concentrations within the structures of the limbic system and the septo-hypothalamo-mesencephalic continuum (Dahlström & Fuxe, 1965). The medial forebrain bundles may contain ascending and descending multisynaptic noradrenergic systems in addition to the “classical” monosynaptic pathways identified by his to-chemical fluorescence techniques.
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Wurtman, R.J. (1970). The Effects of Endocrine, Synaptic and Nutritional Inputs on Catecholamine-Containing Neurons. In: Bowman, R.E., Datta, S.P. (eds) Biochemistry of Brain and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9048-0_4
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