Binding of the isolectin I-B4 from Griffonia simplicifolia to the general visceral afferents in the vagus nerve: A light- and electron-microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Li, He ^a,b   Nomura, Sakashi ^a   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Griffonia simplicifolia; I B4; Isolectin; Nodose ganglion; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Primary afferent; Substance P; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

DYE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0031020010     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13341-9     Document Type: Article

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