Quantitative changes of GABA-immunoreactive cells in the hindlimb representation of the rat somatosensory cortex after 14-day hindlimb unloading by tail suspension

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 532-539

  D'Amelio, F ^a,b   Fox, R A ^a   Wu, L C ^a   Daunton, N G ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral cortex; immunocytochemistry; muscle; NIH Image

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTERNEURON; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HINDLIMB; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030008317     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960615)44:6<532::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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