GABAergic synapses upon neurons expressing substance P receptors in the nucleus of the solitary tract: An immunocytochemical electron microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Jia, Hong Ge ^a   Wang, Bai Ren ^a   Rao, Zhi Ren ^a   Shi, Ji Wu ^a   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^b   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b   Mizuno, Noboru ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Rat; Substance P receptor; Synapses; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029993282     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12654-9     Document Type: Article

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