Selective distribution of the NMDA-R1 glutamate receptor in astrocytes and presynaptic axon terminals in the nucleus locus coeruleus of the rat brain: An immunoelectron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-496

  Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a   Colago, Eric E O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

excitatory transmission; norepinephrine; opiate withdrawal; plasticity; presynaptic

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0029944237     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960610)369:4<483::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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