Neuron Morphology

Description -Document of professors instructions are posted. The theme to look into is drug addiction and so the chosen regions, examine is the Ventral tegmental area (VTA) and Nucelus accumbens. -Picture of microscopic view of these regions were taken in class using nissl stain and should be shown in results section describing the cells differences and similarities in morphology (ex: more/less dense, more cells, etc.,) – pictures are posted -4 peer reviewed articles I found are posted as pdf, other 3 link is copied & pasted below: 1) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/1098-2396(20010301)39:3%3C257::AID-SYN1007%3E3.0.CO;2-1?casa_token=P6jZex3dV24AAAAA:y0qUb2BpaiTV7DRGgIgYe0a1Nc5rALOeokTy8QPVcdDvcFMk0UU-Gf8HTaWBhQrRXrFVDwm7xgdGsfw 2) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00576.x 3) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04416.x?casa_token=Gh-BBPzM84MAAAAA:3KRPBqv_klIfmMYVOmqlFzE2AIG4qXRSMBeNLoD05uNC09p9lh0YZsi9WZ7WPh-ZYGSW85qgf-5xJhI – if you feel there are other peer-reviewed articles that are better to use you may go ahead and do so -These papers describe these neurons in drug addiction but remember to stay on topic which is simply the morphology of these neuron regions.