title: Hippocampal fibers make synaptic contacts with glutamate decarboxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens.
abstract: Axons arising in the hippocampal formation form asymmetric synapses with glutamate decarboxylase-immunoreactive neurons in nucleus accumbens. The postsynaptic targets included many spines, and less frequently dendritic shafts and perikarya. Some immunolabelled neurons resemble medium-sized, spiny projection neurons which suggests that the input from the hippocampal formation exerts a strong and direct influence on output pathways of nucleus accumbens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Free University Medical School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Wouterlood
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pattiselanno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase