Cellular and subcellular distribution of α2A-adrenergic receptors in the visual cortex of neonatal and adult rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-95

  Venkatesan, Charu ^a   Song, Xiu Zhen ^a   Go, C G ^a   Kurose, Hitoshi ^b   Aoki, Chiye ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Immunoelectron microscopic; Norepinephrine; Presynaptic receptors; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE FIXATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030061748     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960129)365:1<79::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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