Immunohistochemical study of neurons in the rat abducens nucleus that project to the flocculus

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 727-731

  Rodella, L ^a,b   Rezzani, R ^a   Bianchi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Division of Human Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; Cholinergic neurons

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030035237     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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