Qualitative and quantitative analysis of glycine- and GABA-immunoreactive nerve terminals on motoneuron cell bodies in the cat spinal cord: A postembedding electron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-426

  Örnung, Göran ^a   Shupliakov, Oleg ^a   Lindå, Hans ^a   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^b   Storm Mathisen, Jon ^b   Ulfhake, Brun ^a   Cullheim, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

bouton; immunohistochemistry; synaptic input; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0030026999     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960212)365:3<413::AID-CNE6>3.3.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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