Synaptic relationships between corticocuneate terminals and glycine- immunoreactive neurons in the rat cuneate nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 771, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Lue, June Horng ^a   Lai, Shu Mei ^a   Wang, Tsyr Jiuan ^a   Shieh, Jeng Yung ^a   Wen, Chen Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticocuneate terminal; Cuneate nucleus; Glycine immunoreactive neuron; Horseradish peroxidase (HRP); Immunoperoxidase

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCINE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030664206     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00907-4     Document Type: Article

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