Ultrastructural localization of cholinergic muscarinic receptors in rat brain cortical capillaries

Brain Research

Volumn 720, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 225-229

  Luiten, P G M ^a   De Jong, G I ^a   Van Der Zee, E A ^a   Van Dijken, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Astroglia; Electron microscopy; Microvessel; Muscarinic receptor

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029938769     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00195-3     Document Type: Article

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