Densitometric evaluation of markers for cholinergic transmission in rat superior olivary complex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Yao, Weiping ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Auditory; Autoradiography; Choline acetyltransferase; Cochlear nucleus; Immunohistochemistry; Muscarinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENSITOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030851960     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00400-X     Document Type: Article

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