Glutamate as a primary afferent neurotransmitter in the medial vestibular nucleus as detected by in vivo microdialysis

Brain Research

Volumn 762, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Yamanaka, Toshiaki ^a   Sasa, Masashi ^b   Matsunaga, Takashi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Glutamate; in vivo; Medial vestibular nucleus; Microdialysis; Neurotransmitter; Vestibular nerve

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHLORALOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0030793825     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00498-8     Document Type: Article

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