The synaptic interrelationships between primary afferent terminals, cuneothalamic relay neurons and GABA-immunoreactive boutons in the rat cuneate nucleus

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-371

  Lue, J H ^a   Jiang Shieh, Y F ^b   Shieh, J Y ^a   Wen, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cuneate nucleus; Cuneothalamic relay neuron; GABA immunoreactive bouton; Immunogold; Primary afferent terminal; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029923460     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)01014-9     Document Type: Article

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