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A new dopaminergic terminal plexus in the ventral horn of the rat spinal cord. Immunohistochemical studies at the light and electron microscopic levels

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It has been thought that the ventral motor column in the rat spinal cord is virtually free of dopaminergic fibers. However, a new dopaminergic terminal plexus was visualized at all spinal levels in the ventral horn using electron as well as light microscopic immunohistochemistry.

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  1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, 830, Kurume, Japan

    M. Shirouzu, T. Anraku & Y. Iwashita

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, 830, Kurume, Japan

    M. Yoshida

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Shirouzu, M., Anraku, T., Iwashita, Y. et al. A new dopaminergic terminal plexus in the ventral horn of the rat spinal cord. Immunohistochemical studies at the light and electron microscopic levels. Experientia 46, 201–204 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02027315

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