Embryonic lesions of the substantia nigra prevent the patchy expression of opiate receptors, but not the segregation of patch and matrix compartment neurons, in the developing rat striatum.

doi:10.1016/0165-3806(92)90151-l

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Embryonic lesions of the substantia nigra prevent the patchy expression of opiate receptors, but not the segregation of patch and matrix compartment neurons, in the developing rat striatum.

Brain research. Developmental brain research - 20 Mar 1992

van der Kooy D, Fishell G

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Unilateral lesions of the substantia nigra on embryonic day 19 prevent the development of the normal patchy distribution of opiate receptors in the ipsilateral rat striatum. Independent, early and permanent labelling of patch compartment neurons in the same brains on embryonic day 14 with [3H]thy...

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Animals
Cell Aggregation
Corpus Striatum
Neurons
Phenotype
Rats
Receptors, Opioid
Substantia Nigra

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