Demonstration of glutamate immunoreactivity in vagal sensory afferents in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 762, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Sykes, R M ^a   Spyer, K M ^a   Izzo, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Medulla; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Rat; Vagal sensory afferent

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NODOSE GANGLION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030746935     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00368-5     Document Type: Article

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