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The Catecholaminergic Innervation of the Rat Amygdala

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Esther Asan

    1. Anatomical Institute, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 142)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Esther Asan
    Pages 1-3

  3. Materials and Methods

    • Esther Asan
    Pages 5-13

  4. Results and Discussions

    • Esther Asan
    Pages 15-102

  5. Summary

    • Esther Asan
    Pages 103-107

  6. References

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    Pages 109-118

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 119-121
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Experimental evidence indicates that catecholamines are able to modulate information processing in the amygdaloid complex. The dense catecholaminergic innervation of the amygdala may thus exert significant influence upon its well-documented functions in emotion, attention, learning and memory. Dysfunctions of the systems have been suggested to be involved in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders including senile dementia, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. To further insight into neural mechanisms of the innervation, the present study provides a detailed documentation of ultrastructural and neurochemical characteristics of dopanminergic, noradrinergic and adrenergic afferent fibers and of their target structures in central, basal and intercalated amygdaloid nuclei. A high degree of heterogeneitiy is observed between the nuclei concerning the different catecholaminergic innervation patterns and the peptide content of individual catecholaminergic fibers, as well as concerning the neurotransmitter/-modulator and receptor expression of possible amygdaloid target neurons. The results are discussed with regard to previously documented properties of the nuclei.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Anatomical Institute, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Esther Asan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Catecholaminergic Innervation of the Rat Amygdala

  • Authors: Esther Asan

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72085-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-63903-9Published: 18 March 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72085-7Published: 12 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 121

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Cell Biology, Animal Physiology

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