Nucleus caudatus

In acute poisoning with DDVP or dioxycarb, percent of AChE reactivation in different parts of the brain (medulla oblongata, tectum of mesencephalon, hippocampus, nucleus caudatus) amounts to 60-80% (Fig. 3). 

In normal aged brain, a decline of TH in putamen and nucleus caudatus, of ChAT in nucleus caudatus and of glutamic acid decarboxylase... 

Moroni F, Cheney D L, Peralta E, and Costa E. (1978) Opiate receptor agonists as modulators of y-aminobutyric acid turnover m the nucleus caudatus, globus pallidus, and substantia nigra / Pharmacol Exp Ther 207, 870-877... 

Fig. 12. Diagrammatic representation of some of the connections of the basal ganglia. NC, put nucleus caudatus, putamen MC motor cortex VL ventrolateral nucleus of thalamus CM centromedial thalamus HL lateral habenular nucleus GPe, GPi external and internal segments of the globus pallidus STN subthalamic nucleus NRa, NRm dorsal and median raph6 nuclei, respectively. (Modified from Nauta and Domesick, 1979, and reproduced with their kind permission.)...

Fig. 13. Diagrammatic representation of the efferent connections of the ventral mesencephalon. C-P, nucleus caudatus-putamen Ac, nucleus accumbens Am, amygdala VM, ventromedial nucleus of thalamus HL, lateral habenular nucleus SNc, substantia nigra (pars compacta) SNr, substantia nigra (pars reticulata) AVT, ventral tegmental area of Tsai SC, superior colliculus NRa dorsal raph nucleus LC, locus coeruleus TPC, pedunculo pontine nucleus. (From Beckstead et al., 1979, with kind permission of the authors.)...

Neutron activation analysis of iron in the human nucleus caudatus and putamen from patients aged 23 to 66 y resulted in 8.30 0.46 and 8.78 0.55 x 10" terms of element weight per unit dried tissue, respectively (HOck etal. 1975). 

There is the possibility of a peptide diffusion from the site of injection. Accordingly we evaluated the minimal dose effective when injected into the brain areas seen to be respon sive. Table 4 confirms that hypothalamic areas closer to the hypophysis and the nucleus caudatus are the most sensitive. 

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