An ultrastructural study of the glycine transporter GLYT2 and its association with glycine in the superficial laminae of the rat spinal dorsal horn

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 543-551

  Spike, R C ^a   Watt, C ^a   Zafra, F ^b   Todd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; immunocytochemistry; inhibitory interneuron; spinal cord; synaptic glomeruli

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0031048687     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00501-5     Document Type: Article

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