Colocalization of GABA and glycine in the rat dorsal column nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 706, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 308-312

  Popratiloff, Anastas ^a   Valtschanoff, Juli G ^a   Rustioni, Aldo ^a   Weinberg, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuneate nucleus; Gracile nucleus; Interneuron; Postsynaptic inhibition; Presynaptic inhibition; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0030047287     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01280-X     Document Type: Article

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