Peptidergic innervation of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus in the cat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-592

  Lazarov, Nikolai E ^a,b   Chouchkov, Christo N ^a,c  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cat; Immunocytochemistry; Light microscopy; Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus; Neuropeptides; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BOMBESIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COLCHICINE; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; SUBSTANCE P; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0029957074     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199607)245:3<581::AID-AR15>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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