Absence of co-localized glutamic acid decarboxylase and neuropeptides in noradrenergic axons of the rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 749, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 164-169

  Patel, R ^a   Kerr, R ^a   Maxwell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulbospinal axon; Coexistence; Confocal microscopy; Dopamine hydroxylase; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031037431     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01399-6     Document Type: Article

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