Synaptic targets of cholinergic terminals in the pulvinar nucleus of the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-278

  Patel, Niraj C ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glomerulus; LGN; Puncta adherentia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DENDRITE; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030883769     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971020)387:2<266::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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