Synaptophysin immunoreactivity and distributions of calcium-binding proteins highlight the functional organization of the rat's dorsal column nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-46

  Crockett, David P ^a   Maslany, Steven ^a   Egger, M David ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; Cuneate nucleus; Gracile nucleus; Parvalbumin; Somatosensory; Synaptic organization

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHIZOTOMY;

EID: 0030047862     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01213-3     Document Type: Article

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