Co-localization of c-Fos and neurotransmitter immunoreactivities in the cat brain stem after carotid sinus nerve stimulation

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Maqbool, Azhar ^a   McWilliam, Peter N ^a   Batten, Trevor F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Catecholamine; Glutamate; Immediate early gene; Medulla oblongata; Neuropeptide Y; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CAT; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CAROTID SINUS; CATECHOLAMINES; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRESSORECEPTORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030881087     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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