GABAergic neurons in rat nuclei of solitary tracts receive inhibitory-type synapses from amygdaloid efferents lacking detectable GABA-immunoreactivity

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 446-458

  Pickel, V M ^a   Van Bockstaele, E J ^a   Chan, J ^a   Cestari, D M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Disinhibition; Glycine; Inhibitory amino acid; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINE; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029885394     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960601)44:5<446::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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