Colocalization of GABA(A) and NMDA receptors within the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMV) of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 763, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Broussard, Delma L ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Altschuler, Steven M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser microscopy; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagas nerve; GABA(A) receptor; Immunofluorescence; NMDA receptor; Pseudorabies virus; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030765690     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00344-2     Document Type: Article

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