Immunohistochemical studies on glutamatergic, GABAergic and glycinergic axon varicosities presynaptic to parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in the superior salivatory nucleus of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 766, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 72-82

  Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Nemoto, Toshimitsu ^a   Nagata, Hiroshi ^a   Konno, Akiyoshi ^a   Chiba, Tanemichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Cholera toxin B subunit; Glutamate; Glycine receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Pterygopalatine ganglion; Superior salivatory nucleus; Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION; RAT; SUPERIOR SALIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALIVARY GLANDS; SYNAPSES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030885234     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00558-1     Document Type: Article

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