Differential distribution of calcium-binding proteins in the dorsal column nuclei of rats: A combined immunohistochemical and retrograde tract tracing study

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 497-508

  Magnusson, A ^a   Dahlfors, G ^a   Blomqvist, A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

calbindin; choleragenoid; cuneate nucleus; gracile nucleus; parvalbumin; thalamus

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030014313     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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