Distribution of bombesin-like immunoreactivity in the nucleus of the solitary tract and dorsal motor nucleus of the rat and human: Colocalization with tyrosine hydroxylase

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 552-570

  Lynn, Richard B ^a,d   Hyde, Thomas M ^b   Cooperman, Robin R ^a   Miselis, Richard R ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal vagal complex; gastrin releasing peptide; gastrointestinal; neuropeptide; vagus

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; COLCHICINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STILBAMIDINES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029896931     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960610)369:4<552::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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