Vesicular monoamine transporter-2: Immunogold localization in striatal axons and terminals

Synapse

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-198

  Nirenberg, Melissa J ^a   Chan, June ^a   Liu, Yongjian ^b   Edwards, Robert H ^b   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate putamen; Dense core vesicle; Dopamine; Synaptic vesicle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MONOAMINE RELEASE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VESICULAR BIOGENIC AMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030943452     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199706)26:2<194::AID-SYN10>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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