title: Cholinergic neurons intrinsic to the primate external pallidum.
abstract: We report the presence of a small population of cholinergic neurons closely intermingled with external pallidal neurons in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). The majority of these cholinergic pallidal neurons are devoid of Nerve Growth Factor receptor (NGFr), which sets them apart from the population of corticopetal NGFr-rich neurons of the nucleus basalis of Meynert and its ectopic elements that impinge dorsally upon the pallidum via the medullary laminae.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, G1J 2G3, Canada.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eid
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, G1J 2G3, Canada.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parent
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D059329:Cholinergic Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010784:Photomicrography; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase
keywords: ChAT; acetylcholine; basal ganglia; confocal microscopy; globus pallidus; immunohistochemistry; monkey