Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype-1α (mGluR1α) immunoreactivity in ependymal cells of the rat caudal medulla oblongata and spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Tang, F R ^a   Sim, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ependymal cells; glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; EPENDYMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030890484     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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