Subcellular distribution of AMPA and NMDA receptor subunit immunoreactivity in ventral posterior and reticular nuclei of rat and cat thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-602

  Liu, Xiao Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticothalamic; Electron microscopy; GABAergic; Glutamatergic; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030856891     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971201)388:4<587::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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