Glutamatergic connections of the auditory midbrain: Selective uptake and axonal transport of D-[3H]aspartate

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-270

  Saint Marie, Richard L ^a,b  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chinchilla; excitatory neurotransmitters; inferior colliculus; medial geniculate body; mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CHINCHILLA; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTIONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROSENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEREOISOMERISM; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029742940     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960916)373:2<255::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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