Localization of two cholinergic markers, choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the central nervous system of the rat: In situ hybridization histochemistry and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-39

  Ichikawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ajiki, Kyoko ^a   Matsuura, Junko ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic neuron; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY TRACT; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DIGOXIGENIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030800975     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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