Thyrotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactive boutons form close appositions with medullary expiratory neurons in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 715, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 136-144

  Sun, Qi Jian ^a   Llewellyn Smith, Ida ^a   Minson, Jane ^a   Arnolda, Leonard ^a   Chalmers, John ^a   Pilowsky, Paul ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botzinger neuron; immunohistochemistry; intracellular recording; neurobiotin; respiration; thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029878534     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01569-8     Document Type: Article

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