Post-embedding immunogold labeling of gamma-aminobutyric acid in lamina II of the spinal trigeminal subnucleus pars caudalis: I. A qualitative study

Synapse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Almond, J R ^a,b   Westrum, L E ^a,b   Henry, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomerulus; Inhibitory; Medullary dorsal horn; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029816122     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199609)24:1<39::AID-SYN5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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