Electron microscopic analysis of lesion-induced changes in synaptic structure and immunogold labeling of neurotransmitters within the feline trigeminal nucleus

Synapse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-59

  Irish, Pati S ^a   Iliakis, Bernardino ^a   Anderson, Norma L ^a   Westrum, Lesnick E ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; GABA; Glomerulus; Glutamate; Medullary dorsal horn; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CAT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACE PAIN; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; RHIZOTOMY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0029829916     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199609)24:1<48::AID-SYN6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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